Message Alerts

Im wondering how to set up new mail notifications in either visual or sound
alert form. Also i know its possible to get customized audio alerts, does
anyone here have one? if so where did you get it from?

Thanks

-Andy

Go to the Control Panel and open Sounds and Audio Devices and scroll down
until you get to the received mail one, then browse to the sound you want to
hear when you receive mail.

I have a good one. It's a WAV file, but I don't know how to send it to you
(unless this is your real email address).


"Andy Bowen" wrote in message
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Im wondering how to set up new mail notifications in either visual or
sound alert form. Also i know its possible to get customized audio alerts,
does anyone here have one? if so where did you get it from?

Thanks

-Andy

This freeware program will give you a pop-up notification of new mail
regardless of what program you are in. If you have mail diverted to
different folders, you can select the ones you want to be notified for,
including newsgroups if using Outlook Express as your newsreader. The pop-up
also shows what folder the message was delivered to.

Outlook Express Mail Alert 2.1:
http://www.tucows.com/preview/381108
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Andy Bowen" wrote in message
...
Im wondering how to set up new mail notifications in either visual or
sound alert form. Also i know its possible to get customized audio alerts,
does anyone here have one? if so where did you get it from?

Thanks

-Andy

Thanks for your help Raoul and Bruce. Raoul yes this is my real email so
feel free to send it on to me, make sure you mention you're from here
otherwise i may not open it.

Im going to have a look at that site now Bruce, thanks.


"Raoul" wrote in message
nk.net...
Go to the Control Panel and open Sounds and Audio Devices and scroll down
until you get to the received mail one, then browse to the sound you want
to hear when you receive mail.

I have a good one. It's a WAV file, but I don't know how to send it to
you (unless this is your real email address).


"Andy Bowen" wrote in message
...
Im wondering how to set up new mail notifications in either visual or
sound alert form. Also i know its possible to get customized audio
alerts, does anyone here have one? if so where did you get it from?

Thanks

-Andy

It's on the way!

"Andy Bowen" wrote in message
...
Thanks for your help Raoul and Bruce. Raoul yes this is my real email so
feel free to send it on to me, make sure you mention you're from here
otherwise i may not open it.

Im going to have a look at that site now Bruce, thanks.


"Raoul" wrote in message
nk.net...
Go to the Control Panel and open Sounds and Audio Devices and scroll down
until you get to the received mail one, then browse to the sound you want
to hear when you receive mail.

I have a good one. It's a WAV file, but I don't know how to send it to
you (unless this is your real email address).


"Andy Bowen" wrote in message
...
Im wondering how to set up new mail notifications in either visual or
sound alert form. Also i know its possible to get customized audio
alerts, does anyone here have one? if so where did you get it from?

Thanks

-Andy

There is also OETune: www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx which will play a sound or
open an HTML file as an alert.

steve

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
This freeware program will give you a pop-up notification of new mail
regardless of what program you are in. If you have mail diverted to
different folders, you can select the ones you want to be notified for,
including newsgroups if using Outlook Express as your newsreader. The
pop-up also shows what folder the message was delivered to.

Outlook Express Mail Alert 2.1:
http://www.tucows.com/preview/381108
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Andy Bowen" wrote in message
...
Im wondering how to set up new mail notifications in either visual or
sound alert form. Also i know its possible to get customized audio
alerts, does anyone here have one? if so where did you get it from?

Thanks

-Andy

On Feb 22, 7:16 am, "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
This freeware program will give you a pop-up notification of new mail
regardless of what program you are in.
[....]
Outlook Express Mail Alert 2.1:http://www.tucows.com/preview/381108

Do you know:

1. Instead of a pop-up (which interferes with whatever the user is
current doing), can the program be configured to simply provide a
sound alert and/or blink the minimized window, the way that some
background programs indicate that attention is required?

2. The program description says that it will "inform or remind you
when new e-mail arrives in Microsoft Outlook Express". If email is
manually "popped" from an ISP server (Earthlink), will the freeware
program detect new email on the ISP server?

If not, is there a way to configure OE so that email is "popped"
automatically, thereby causing the freeware program to detect that
email arrived "in" OE?

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Footnote.... Arguably, I should simply "play around" with the
freeware program and answer the questions myself. But, sigh, this is
really for someone else's computer, and they are suspicious and
relunctant to make any "unproven" changes; and my computer is not set
up to use an ISP mail server, so it is difficult for me to experiment
with OE on my own computer.

I don't know if I have everything straight here.

1: The pop-up is in the bottom right hand corner, and on a 19" screen it is
a little less than 2" x 2". It lasts for about 5 seconds, but if you click
on it, it goes away immediately.

2: It has many options. It does not inform you if there is new mail on the
server. OE /must/ be opened, but can be minimized to get the notification.
You can choose to be notified once, or continuously until you read the mail.
Your choice.

There are six boxes of options. I have only 1 & 5 checked.

If you just want a sound, and not a pop-up, get Steve's OETune:
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

wrote in message
oups.com...
On Feb 22, 7:16 am, "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
This freeware program will give you a pop-up notification of new mail
regardless of what program you are in.
[....]
Outlook Express Mail Alert 2.1:http://www.tucows.com/preview/381108

Do you know:

1. Instead of a pop-up (which interferes with whatever the user is
current doing), can the program be configured to simply provide a
sound alert and/or blink the minimized window, the way that some
background programs indicate that attention is required?

2. The program description says that it will "inform or remind you
when new e-mail arrives in Microsoft Outlook Express". If email is
manually "popped" from an ISP server (Earthlink), will the freeware
program detect new email on the ISP server?

If not, is there a way to configure OE so that email is "popped"
automatically, thereby causing the freeware program to detect that
email arrived "in" OE?

-----

Footnote.... Arguably, I should simply "play around" with the
freeware program and answer the questions myself. But, sigh, this is
really for someone else's computer, and they are suspicious and
relunctant to make any "unproven" changes; and my computer is not set
up to use an ISP mail server, so it is difficult for me to experiment
with OE on my own computer.

On Feb 22, 5:36 pm, "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
I don't know if I have everything straight here.

You answered all of my questions. Thanks.

You're welcome.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

wrote in message
oups.com...
On Feb 22, 5:36 pm, "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
I don't know if I have everything straight here.

You answered all of my questions. Thanks.