Mail Tab for Hotmail For Mac

There are multiple desktop email clients that can be used to access and monitor all types of email accounts, but if you are looking for a way to read your Hotmail messages from the status bar, Mail Tab for Hotmail seems to be the right tool for the task.

Of course, to get started you must provide your Hotmail account credentials in the Mail Tab for Hotmail login panel. After install, the app will place its icon in your status bar and you must press it to open the Mail Tab for Hotmail panel.

Once you login to your Hotmail account, you will be able to browse your Inbox, read messages, write replies, delete emails, view details about each message (date, sender, subject and more). Mail Tab for Hotmail also includes basic search capabilities: all you have to do is input the search term in the respective field.

The bottom Mail Tab for Hotmail toolbar provides navigation arrows (go back and forward) and a refresh button, but also enables you to access the Preferences window that includes some customization options.

Mail Tab for Hotmail allows you to change the update frequency and is able to send both visual and audio alerts whenever you receive a new message. You can adjust the default text size and you can choose to automatically launch the app at startup.

Since it comes as a status bar menu app, Mail Tab for Hotmail stays out of your way until you choose to use it. When you finish reading or replying to your emails, all you have to do is hide the panel: you haven’t used a desktop application, so your screen remains intact.

To sum up, Mail Tab for Hotmail can be used to monitor your Hotmail account via the status bar, without using a desktop application or cluttering your web browser.