Using Outlook with Hotmail - a couple of questions!

[rehab54]

Hello.

I've just started using Outlook 2003, after having owned the disc for a
while (I only used office for Word prior to this).

I use two hotmail accounts, both of which are installed fine.

1) How can I get an audio alert when new hotmail arrives? Surely if Outlook
Express provides one, then the more advanced program should too??? This is a
mjor thing for me, as I don't want to have to keep checking constantly to see
if I have mail.

2) How do I configure my sent items to stay in the right place - e.g. the
hotmail sent items with their relevant accounts, rather than in the unified
sent folder of Outlook.

I'm new to Outlook, so any help would be appreciated!

Thanks!

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

How did you configure the accts in outlook? How were they configured in OE?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.

 

[Earle Horton]

Install Windows Live Messenger and set it to automatically sign in to your
Hotmail account.

Earle

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

1) How can I get an audio alert when new hotmail arrives? Surely if
Outlook
Express provides one, then the more advanced program should too??? This is
a
mjor thing for me, as I don't want to have to keep checking constantly to
see
if I have mail.

I don't believe the audio new mail alert in Outlook works for Hotmail
accounts. It might work for one Hotmail data store if it's the delivery
location, but I'm not sure of that.

2) How do I configure my sent items to stay in the right place - e.g. the
hotmail sent items with their relevant accounts, rather than in the
unified
sent folder of Outlook.

It would be possible for one Hotmail account if you're using the Hotmail
Connector and that data store is configured to be your delivery location.
It won't work for the other, except with a rule to move the outgoing
messages to the folder you want. If the Hotmail data store is not your
delivery location (i.e., the "unified folders", as you call them, are), then
you'll need to use rules for both.