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December 24th, 2009, 05:28 PM
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Horribly frustrating email alerts
How come Outlooks alerts are so intrusive? I simply want to be alerted, not
have my work flow interupted. It doesn't matter if I am typing in Outlook or out of it, the focus is taken from whatever I am working on to the alert. Why? Who would think that is something useful? Is there a way to keep the alerts ON but not have them 100% interrupt anything else I am doing? 
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December 24th, 2009, 05:52 PM
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Then adjust the settings, Options, Preferences, E-mail options, Advanced
e-mail options, and also desktop alert settings. msnyc07 wrote: How come Outlooks alerts are so intrusive? I simply want to be alerted, not have my work flow interupted. It doesn't matter if I am typing in Outlook or out of it, the focus is taken from whatever I am working on to the alert. Why? Who would think that is something useful? Is there a way to keep the alerts ON but not have them 100% interrupt anything else I am doing?
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December 24th, 2009, 08:46 PM
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Version of Outlook? Do you have all updates installed?
Which alerts are annoying you? The blue window, a grey new message window, or the envelope icon? -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/ Outlook Tips by email: EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: Poll: What version of Outlook do you use? http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=27072 "msnyc07" wrote in message ... How come Outlooks alerts are so intrusive? I simply want to be alerted, not have my work flow interupted. It doesn't matter if I am typing in Outlook or out of it, the focus is taken from whatever I am working on to the alert. Why? Who would think that is something useful? Is there a way to keep the alerts ON but not have them 100% interrupt anything else I am doing?
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December 24th, 2009, 11:20 PM
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I understand that I can turn the alerts *off* but that isn't what I need to
do. I have alerts set on a # of critical contacts and on tasks and such. What I am looking for is Alerts that 'Alert' but don't grab focus. It is crazy that an Alert about an email or task in fact interrupts my workflow and steals my keyboard entry at the time it pops up. Isn't there some setting for that? Or is my choice "No Alerts" or "Intrusive and Potentially Damaging Alerts"? Sorry if this sounds snide but it is terribly frustrating. "Bob I" wrote: Then adjust the settings, Options, Preferences, E-mail options, Advanced e-mail options, and also desktop alert settings. msnyc07 wrote: How come Outlooks alerts are so intrusive? I simply want to be alerted, not have my work flow interupted. It doesn't matter if I am typing in Outlook or out of it, the focus is taken from whatever I am working on to the alert. Why? Who would think that is something useful? Is there a way to keep the alerts ON but not have them 100% interrupt anything else I am doing? .
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December 25th, 2009, 02:59 PM
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Which alerts? Are they set using rules? Normally, the blue alerts do not
take focus. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/ Outlook Tips by email: EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: Poll: What version of Outlook do you use? http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=27072 "msnyc07" wrote in message ... I understand that I can turn the alerts *off* but that isn't what I need to do. I have alerts set on a # of critical contacts and on tasks and such. What I am looking for is Alerts that 'Alert' but don't grab focus. It is crazy that an Alert about an email or task in fact interrupts my workflow and steals my keyboard entry at the time it pops up. Isn't there some setting for that? Or is my choice "No Alerts" or "Intrusive and Potentially Damaging Alerts"? Sorry if this sounds snide but it is terribly frustrating. "Bob I" wrote: Then adjust the settings, Options, Preferences, E-mail options, Advanced e-mail options, and also desktop alert settings. msnyc07 wrote: How come Outlooks alerts are so intrusive? I simply want to be alerted, not have my work flow interupted. It doesn't matter if I am typing in Outlook or out of it, the focus is taken from whatever I am working on to the alert. Why? Who would think that is something useful? Is there a way to keep the alerts ON but not have them 100% interrupt anything else I am doing? .
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February 5th, 2010, 04:48 PM
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I wish I had an answer for you. All I can say is you are not alone in this.
My coworkers and I are going nuts with the interruption caused by this stupid new mail desktop alert. Microsoft, are you listening? Your users are sick of focus stealing! "msnyc07" wrote: How come Outlooks alerts are so intrusive? I simply want to be alerted, not have my work flow interupted. It doesn't matter if I am typing in Outlook or out of it, the focus is taken from whatever I am working on to the alert. Why? Who would think that is something useful? Is there a way to keep the alerts ON but not have them 100% interrupt anything else I am doing?
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February 5th, 2010, 07:08 PM
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"Syrinx" wrote in message
news 
I wish I had an answer for you. All I can say is you are not alone in this. My coworkers and I are going nuts with the interruption caused by this stupid new mail desktop alert. Microsoft, are you listening? Your users are sick of focus stealing! What version of Outlook are you using and what type of account? New messages alerts haven't stolen focus since Outlook 2003 SP2. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
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February 17th, 2010, 03:32 AM
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I have the same problem. I'm using Office 2007 on XP with an Exchange mailbox.
The alerts that interrupt are the new email alerts that fade in and out on the bottom right of the screen. The alert does not actually keep focus, but if it pops up while you are typing an email message, any keystrokes are lost while the alert is popping up. This usually results in about 4 or 5 characters missing. It really is definitely annoying! "Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: "Syrinx" wrote in message news
I wish I had an answer for you. All I can say is you are not alone in this. My coworkers and I are going nuts with the interruption caused by this stupid new mail desktop alert. Microsoft, are you listening? Your users are sick of focus stealing! What version of Outlook are you using and what type of account? New messages alerts haven't stolen focus since Outlook 2003 SP2. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] .
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April 7th, 2010, 10:39 AM
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Same here, Win7 & Office 2007Enterprise, people are starting (well..) to
doubt my sanity with missing letters or entire words whenever an alert comes in. The alert is a nice feature so I do not want to turn it off. All I can do is reduce the pop up time to very short to reduce the amount of lost letters. Microsoft, help? "Leo D" wrote: I have the same problem. I'm using Office 2007 on XP with an Exchange mailbox. The alerts that interrupt are the new email alerts that fade in and out on the bottom right of the screen. The alert does not actually keep focus, but if it pops up while you are typing an email message, any keystrokes are lost while the alert is popping up. This usually results in about 4 or 5 characters missing. It really is definitely annoying! "Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: "Syrinx" wrote in message news
I wish I had an answer for you. All I can say is you are not alone in this. My coworkers and I are going nuts with the interruption caused by this stupid new mail desktop alert. Microsoft, are you listening? Your users are sick of focus stealing! What version of Outlook are you using and what type of account? New messages alerts haven't stolen focus since Outlook 2003 SP2. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] .
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April 7th, 2010, 07:21 PM
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Why not just have it play the sound and show the envelope in the
notification area instead? That way no interruption at all! Willem wrote: Same here, Win7 & Office 2007Enterprise, people are starting (well..) to doubt my sanity with missing letters or entire words whenever an alert comes in. The alert is a nice feature so I do not want to turn it off. All I can do is reduce the pop up time to very short to reduce the amount of lost letters. Microsoft, help? "Leo D" wrote: I have the same problem. I'm using Office 2007 on XP with an Exchange mailbox. The alerts that interrupt are the new email alerts that fade in and out on the bottom right of the screen. The alert does not actually keep focus, but if it pops up while you are typing an email message, any keystrokes are lost while the alert is popping up. This usually results in about 4 or 5 characters missing. It really is definitely annoying! "Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: "Syrinx" wrote in message news
I wish I had an answer for you. All I can say is you are not alone in this. My coworkers and I are going nuts with the interruption caused by this stupid new mail desktop alert. Microsoft, are you listening? Your users are sick of focus stealing! What version of Outlook are you using and what type of account? New messages alerts haven't stolen focus since Outlook 2003 SP2. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] .
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