How do I only display desktop alerts for certain messages?

[Guest]

I have hundreds or thousands of emails coming into my inbox every day, but I
filter many of them with rules I've created. Some get deleted, some get moved
to other folders, and then what's left (the real messages) are left in my
inbox. I only want to display the desktop alert for those messages that stay
in my inbox. Apparently there is no way to do this. In the rules wizard, you
can select "Display a desktop alert" but I need to be able to select "Do not
display a desktop alert" on all my rules since I am filtering out junk that I
don't want an alert for. Currently I have alerts turned off because it's too
annoying with them on. Is there a way to do what I want?

 

[Judy Gleeson]

Make the last rule the one that gives you an alert.

For each of the other rules that don't move an email, use the line, "stop
processing rules" as the last thing they do. Think it through - it should
work for you.

Judy Gleeson


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have hundreds or thousands of emails coming into my inbox every day, but I

 

[Guest]

Hi Judy,
Thanks for your advice. It makes sense to me that what you suggested should
work, but unfortunately it didn't. It broke the rest of my rules somehow. It
seems like there is something wrong with how Outlook processes my rules. I've
noticed strange behavior before...