Outlook 2003 New Mail Notification Sound 5 Minute Rule -- Any Fix?

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Secretariat

In an older post, Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] wrote:
"The new mail notification sound will only play once every 5 minutes,
even if you get mail every 30 seconds."

This rule doesn't work for me. I want Outlook to play a sound whenever
a new message arrives, regardless of time or anything else.

Is there a registry fix or another setting change that will accomplish
what I want? Thanks!
 
Milly is very knowledgeable in this field, if she says 5 minutes, then I
would set the interval to check for emails every 5, or better still leave it
to the default 6 minutes...
 
Secretariat said:
In an older post, Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] wrote:
"The new mail notification sound will only play once every 5 minutes,
even if you get mail every 30 seconds."

This rule doesn't work for me. I want Outlook to play a sound
whenever a new message arrives, regardless of time or anything else.
Click to expand...

You shouldn't be checking for new mail any more frequently than about 10
minutes any way.
 
You would need to do this using rules (beware, the new mail sound can drive
you a little nuts.)

Set the rule for all mail addressed to you in the To:, etc. fields, play a
sound.


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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Secretariat asked:

| In an older post, Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] wrote:
| "The new mail notification sound will only play once every 5 minutes,
| even if you get mail every 30 seconds."
|
| This rule doesn't work for me. I want Outlook to play a sound
| whenever a new message arrives, regardless of time or anything else.
|
| Is there a registry fix or another setting change that will accomplish
| what I want? Thanks!
 
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