To all those who wish they could be notified of new mail, I chanced upon an update of Howard E-Mail Notifier (version 1.25, June 09 2014) which now works with Zoho (as well as Outlook, Gmail, Yahoo and others). What is more, it is freeware. I have installed it on my two computers and it works very satisfactorily.

Unlike other notifiers I have used previously, such as Poppy and PopMan, this one is extremely simple to set up. The install puts an icon in your tray and you right-click on it for Options. There is a choice of check interval, a choice of icon and you can choose from a selection of sounds or select one from your computer's .wav files. Then all you do is enter your email address and password, and that is it. The software is automatically set to run at startup.

When you receive new mail a red circle appears on the tray icon and shows the number you have. There is also a brief popup that shows the sender. The red circle only stays for a couple of minutes but after it is gone the information shows if you hover your cursor over the icon. The details remain until you have read the email(s) and to do this a simple click on the tray icon opens your Zoho Mail screen. An additional advantage of this is that you can delete any other shortcut to your mail that you may have and use this tray icon instead.

Disclaimer: I have absolutely no connection whatsoever, personal or commercial, with the German developer, and it is 100% pure coincidence that I have the same name as the software (though that is something of a bonus for me!). My sole desire is to bring it to the attention of other Zoho Mail users.