Outlook 2007: New mail tray (envelope) icon not working despite co

[Guest]

Two problems.

(a) Say I'm browsing through folders and minimize Outlook while still in the
default inbox. If I receive new mail, the new mail icon will *not* appear in
the system tray. If I move back to Outlook Today before minimizing and
receive mail when minimized, the tray icon *will* appear. Can this be fixed
so as to always show?

(b) When new messages are moved by rules, the new mail tray icon never
shows, no matter what. Was there ever a fix released/posted for this? I
understand that this was not a problem with previous versions of OL, but it
is now - and it's incredibly annoying.

 

[Guest]

Thoughts?

 

[Bill]

I was/am having both of those problems, for me the solution to A was to go into Tools, Options and under the Preferences tab click Email-Options then the Advanced Email Options button. In there i found a checkbox for "Show an envelope icon in the notification area"

This did not however resolve mail affected by rules which i agree is annoying.

Hope this helps!

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[Gordon]

I was/am having both of those problems,

Both of WHAT "problems"?


for me the solution to A was to go into Tools, Options and under the
Preferences tab click Email-Options then the Advanced Email Options
button. In there i found a checkbox for "Show an envelope icon in the
notification area"

This did not however resolve mail affected by rules which i agree is annoying.

Hope this helps!

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[Guest]

It's checked for me, which is why this is such a frustrating issue. Messages
that should make the icon show... don't, and I have no idea how to fix it.

 

[anderbitt]

I had the same problem. If you are using a hotmail account for example, you need to change the default data file in >Options>tab-Mail Setup>Data Files.