Yep, it was much better when the notification was on the left side instead of the right.

I have a wide screen with a high resolution and I see the whole site on my screen, including the far right links with the "site mail" notification, without having to scroll.

However when I had a smaller screen with a resolution that wasn't so high, I had to scroll way off the the right to see that mail noticiation. I didn't always do that.

Also, the text is so small that it's easily missed.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi