Can I set Outlook to make a keyboard LED blink when new mail arriv

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I have seen a little utility on a UNIX system called LEDmail that blinks the
scroll-lock LED when new mail arrives.

Can Outlook be configured to do this? Is there an add-on that does this? I
have seen an entire email application that does, but it is unnecessary
overkill in this case!

Often when I am busy in the office I leave my PC for long periods and check
it every now and then to for new messages. This requires waiting for the PC
to spin up from sleep, enter password, etc. It would save me a little bit of
hassle each day to just be able to glance at the PC and if an LED is blinking
to check my email.

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Outlook has no native ability to do this. There are a number of third party
notification utilities, perhaps one of them has this feature:

http://www.slipstick.com/addins/notify.htm
Mail Notification Tools

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RNWS said:
I have seen a little utility on a UNIX system called LEDmail that blinks the
scroll-lock LED when new mail arrives.

Can Outlook be configured to do this? Is there an add-on that does this? I
have seen an entire email application that does, but it is unnecessary
overkill in this case!

Often when I am busy in the office I leave my PC for long periods and check
it every now and then to for new messages. This requires waiting for the PC
to spin up from sleep, enter password, etc. It would save me a little bit of
hassle each day to just be able to glance at the PC and if an LED is blinking
to check my email.

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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.
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