Currently, there are options to send email for inbox messages every 3 hours, daily, weekly, or never. Could you add an option to send emails out for every inbox message to provide immediate notification?
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My guess is that would be too much for the servers... However, if you want immediate notification while not having an SE site open, you could have a look at George Edison's StackApplet (Windows and Linux).
