REPOST:New Mail Alert list grabbing focus?

[Ed]

In Outlook 2003, I created a rule to have a list of newly received
emails using the instructions on Robert Sparnaaij's "How To-
Outlook" web site at
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/mailalert2003.htm#view_list.
The list works great, and is good for what I need.

But every time it pops up, it grabs the focus. If I'm typing,
nothing
appears from the time the alert popped up. If I'm about to click on
something and the alert pops up, it grabs my mouse or Enter key
focus.

Can I change this behavior at all so that when the alert pops up it
does not get the focus? (By contrast, an Outlook Remider alert
window can pop up, but I can keep typing underneath it. It's on
top and visible, but does not grab the focus away from the current
task.)

Ed

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

No. It's always going to take focus since it's an alert for messages meeting
specific conditions.

 

[Ed]

No. It's always going to take focus since it's an alert for messages meeting
specific conditions.

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In Outlook 2003, I created a rule to have a list of newly received
emails using the instructions on Robert Sparnaaij's "How To-
Outlook" web site at
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/mailalert2003.htm#view_list.
The list works great, and is good for what I need.

But every time it pops up, it grabs the focus. If I'm typing,
nothing
appears from the time the alert popped up. If I'm about to click on
something and the alert pops up, it grabs my mouse or Enter key
focus.

Can I change this behavior at all so that when the alert pops up it
does not get the focus? (By contrast, an Outlook Remider alert
window can pop up, but I can keep typing underneath it. It's on
top and visible, but does not grab the focus away from the current
task.)

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I was afraid of that! Thanks for the tip.
Ed