TWEETY_  Thanks for dropping 10.4.x support, I'm going back to the older version and switch off the update function (if it's possible...)  
(Version 3.50)

SHAUN  Brilliant widget, thanks to the developer.  
(Version 3.50)

PABLITO  I like so much this widget. I had an issue with 3.0, and the developer was kindle, gentle in the emails helping me; and promptly did an improvement and updated the software. It was really good to interact with him, I felt participating part of it.

I truly recommend to use it, because you can check all emails account you have, instead of only Gmail, as you can do in the commons notifies; or leaving the Mail open.

In addiction, the Leopard Mail icon is neat on dashboard ;)  
(Version 3.01)

PENGMAN  Doesn't work for me. Have logged out, logged back in. Won't inform me of new mail. The old version did, this one doesn't. OS 10.5.6 and 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo   
(Version 3.0)

SBCHAVEL  Looks nice, takes up little space, works well, good customization. But tracks the IN box, not all unread emails, so if you have rules set up to sort new mail, the widget will miss them. Suggestion: clicking on widget checks for new mail immediately.  
(Version 3.0)

HENRIKTEKNIK  Is there any chance of extending it, so you can check multiple email addresses in one instance of the widget?

That would be the only quibble I have with this, otherwise, superb widget.  
(Version 2.0.6)

HENRIKTEKNIK  Major advantage: Mail.app doesn't need to be open in order to check unread mail.

Major disadvantage: You can't check more than one email account in the same instance of the widget. You have to use multiple instances, for checking more than one email.  
(Version 2.0.4)

SGILBERT  I answered the developer, and he now has 2.0.4 out that works flawlessly! Thank you!  
(Version 2.0.3)

MICHAEL KWASNICKI  Please mail me and describe what type of account you are using.

mkii@bossmail.de  
(Version 2.0.3)

SGILBERT  v2.0.3 is broken, as Joe said. Can't get past the password. Reverted to 2.0.2 which works.

And, yes, it would be great to have only new mail listed.  
(Version 2.0.3)

ALAN  i really don't need to know how many new messages i've got in my junk folder. isn't there a counter for inbox only?  
(Version 2.0.3)

JAB47  I tried 2.0 and it worked like a charm. This morning I upgraded to 2.0.3 and I can't get past the password page for my account. I press verify and nothing seems to happen. Can I get 2.0 back until this is fixed?  
(Version 2.0.3)

ADFASDFASDFASDF  Works like a charm! (including .mac & other accounts)

The first version that fulfills all my needs.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!  
(Version 2.0)

IAMMARTY  Now that I updated to v2.0, It will no longer let me choose my .mac account. Only Gmail or AOL. the last version actually worked. this one does not. shame I did not keep a backup of the old version.  
(Version 2.0)

PJN  Mail password seems to disapear from time to time after a computer restart, then I have to enter the password again to let MailWidget do its scan.  
(Version 1.5)

SCHMELDING  I love this widget, but I have two beefs (or beeves?):

1. It's enough to have the widget open Mail onclick, but it's too much to tell it to check mail also. When the osascript tells Mail to "check for new mail" it checks all accounts. Some folks (like me) have "send only" accounts in Mail. I "hacked" my MailWidget and removed line 302 and it worked great.

2. What is with the sounds? Can we get a choice? The included ones were too noisy. I hac -- ahem -- changed mine to be the simple "Ping" sound. Short and sweet.

All-in-all though, it is one of my favorite widgets. Thanks!  
(Version 1.41)

XMROCKS  Pretty nice. The thing that differentiates this widget from all of the other mail checking widgets is that it doesn't open up Mail.

Those widgets are kind of redundant in that you'd open Dashboard first, it would then open Mail to check for new e-mail, and then you'd switch over to Mail.app. In other words, you could have saved time by just opening Mail.app in the first place. Kind of pointless if you ask me.

With this widget, it's an easy F12 to Dashboard. If there are new messages, you can then choose to open Mail if you want. If not, it doesn't care :-)

It would be nice to be able to read snippets of the new e-mail and then have the option to open the Mail.app, but so far a good start!  
(Version 1.41)

SHADOWNIGHT  The widget is nice and well-designed, but I thought I should point out that two copies of this widget open (I have two mail accounts) takes up 40MB of RAM on my machine while Mail only takes 30MB, so it may not be the tool of choice to replace Mail in RAM usage.  
(Version 1.4)

AFMAC  This is a great Widget! thanks  
(Version 1.4)

MOOGLE  Nice idea, but does not seem to support SSL connections.  
(Version 1.3)

AFMAC  Great widget Apple should have included this with Tiger!  
(Version 1.3)

SKIMPSON  Great handy widget, keeps Mail from running which uses more RAM and CPU etc...wish there was an option to preview messages but it works as advertised. thanks to the dev.  
(Version 1.3)