diff --git a/_locales/en_US/messages.json b/_locales/en_US/messages.json
index 7f3427e..54b46ab 100644
--- a/_locales/en_US/messages.json
+++ b/_locales/en_US/messages.json
@@ -388,5 +388,16 @@
 				"content": "</a>"
 			}
 		}
+	},
+	"orangered_received": {
+		"message": "You have an $ORANGERED$!",
+		"placeholders": {
+			"ORANGERED": {
+				"content": "orangered"
+			}
+		}
+	},
+	"orangered_action": {
+		"message": "Click here to be taken to your inbox."
 	}
 }
diff --git a/fancy-settings/manifest.js b/fancy-settings/manifest.js
index 6369548..9af2684 100755
--- a/fancy-settings/manifest.js
+++ b/fancy-settings/manifest.js
@@ -67,6 +67,39 @@ this.manifest = {
         	"type": "description",
         	"text": "<p>When checked, this will add the following to each commment you post from within Mostly Harmless:</p><p><em>Posted from <a href='http://kerrick.github.com/Mostly-Harmless'>Mostly Harmless</a>, a Google Chrome extension for awesome redditors.<em></p>"
         },
+        {
+        	"tab": "Preferences",
+        	"group": "Orangered Notifications",
+        	"name": "checkMail",
+        	"type": "checkbox",
+        	"label": "Check for orangereds"
+        },
+        {
+        	"tab": "Preferences",
+        	"group": "Orangered Notifications",
+        	"name": "mailInterval",
+        	"type": "slider",
+        	"label": "",
+        	"max": 5,
+        	"min": 0,
+        	"step": 1,
+        	"display": true,
+        	"displayModifier": function (value) {
+        		if (value === 0)
+        			return "every 30 seconds";
+        		else if (value === 1)
+        			return "every minute";
+        		return "every " + value.toString() + " minutes";
+        	}
+        	
+        },
+        {
+        	"tab": "Preferences",
+        	"group": "Orangered Notifications",
+        	"name": "mailDescription",
+        	"type": "description",
+        	"text": "<p>When checked, Mostly Harmless will check for new orangereds at the interval you set. If you get an orangered, it will display a desktop notification for five seconds.</p>"
+        },
         {
         	"tab": "Performance",
         	"group": "Cache Time",
diff --git a/html/background.html b/html/background.html
index b95db07..b33169f 100644
--- a/html/background.html
+++ b/html/background.html
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 				cache.removeAll();
 				button.setBadgeDefaults();
 				chrome.tabs.onUpdated.addListener(background.prepareBrowserAction);
+				background.watchMail();
 			}
 			
 			window.onload = initBackground;
diff --git a/js/common.js b/js/common.js
index cfcc4b7..248d66a 100644
--- a/js/common.js
+++ b/js/common.js
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ settings = new Store('settings', {
 	'freshCutoff': 7,
 	'popupWidth': 640,
 	'shamelessPlug': false,
-	'waitForClick': false
+	'waitForClick': false,
+	'checkMail': true,
+	'mailInterval': 1
 });
 cache = new Store('cache');
 
@@ -205,7 +207,7 @@ BrowserAction.prototype.setBadgeDefaults = function (tabId) {
 	chrome.browserAction.setTitle({'title': 'Click to load data.', 'tabId': tabId});
 	chrome.browserAction.setBadgeBackgroundColor({'color': [192, 192, 192, 255], 'tabId': tabId});
 	chrome.browserAction.setPopup({popup: '', tabId: tabId});
-	chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(function(tab) {
+	chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(function (tab) {
 		reddit.getInfo(tab.url, tab.id);
 	});
 	return true;
@@ -258,7 +260,7 @@ BrowserAction.prototype.setBadgeError = function (tabId, text) {
 	chrome.browserAction.setTitle({'title': text, 'tabId': tabId});
 	chrome.browserAction.setBadgeBackgroundColor({'color': [200, 0, 0, 255], 'tabId': tabId});
 	chrome.browserAction.setPopup({popup: '', tabId: tabId});
-	chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(function(tab) {
+	chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(function (tab) {
 		reddit.getInfo(tab.url, tab.id);
 	});
 	return true;
@@ -770,6 +772,55 @@ Background.prototype.prepareBrowserAction = function (tabId, info, tab) {
 	return true;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Sets a timeout for the next time to run checkMail.
+ * @alias				Background.watchMail()
+ * @return	{Boolean}		Returns true.
+ * @method
+ */
+Background.prototype.watchMail = function () {
+	var mailProcess;
+	
+	function showNotification (hasMail) {
+		var notification, notificationTimeout, mailInterval;
+		
+		mailInterval = (settings.get('mailInterval') === 0) ? 1000 * 30 : settings.get('mailInterval') * 1000 * 60;
+		
+		if (hasMail === true) {
+			console.log('Orangered! I need to show a notification...');
+			notification = webkitNotifications.createNotification(
+				'/pix/mail.png',  // icon url - can be relative
+				chrome.i18n.getMessage('orangered_received'),  // notification title
+				chrome.i18n.getMessage('orangered_action')  // notification body text
+			);
+			notificationTimeout = window.setTimeout(function () {
+				notification.cancel();
+			}, 1000 * 5);
+			notification.onclick = function () {
+				chrome.tabs.create({'url': 'http://' + reddit.domain + '/message/unread/', 'selected': true});
+				notification.cancel();
+				window.clearTimeout(notificationTimeout);
+			};
+			notification.show();
+			window.setTimeout(checkPrefs, mailInterval);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	function getMail () {
+		reddit.apiTransmit('GET', 'http://' + reddit.domain + '/api/me.json', null, function (response) {
+			showNotification(response.data.has_mail);
+		});
+	}
+	
+	function checkPrefs () {
+		if (settings.get('checkMail') === true) {
+			getMail();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	checkPrefs();
+};
+
 /**
  * Creates a new framework of popup processes
  * @classDescription			Creates a new framework of background processes.
diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index 474f83f..b190666 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 	},
 	"permissions": [
 		"http://*.reddit.com/",
-		"tabs"
+		"tabs",
+		"notifications"
 	],
 	"background_page": "html/background.html",
 	"options_page": "fancy-settings/index.html",
diff --git a/pix/mail.png b/pix/mail.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7097ff
Binary files /dev/null and b/pix/mail.png differ