Why there are no desktop alerts?

[Guest]

I have all the right settings(as i think) to have alerts on my desktop when i
recieve mail,but its not working.I have set-up Outlokk 2003 to recieve my
mail from my hotmail account,i recieve more than 30 mail each day,and there
are no way to alert me.I have to open outlook from the system tray each time
which is very frustrating when ur waiting important mail, with no alerts.
Thanks

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Alerts don;t work on http accounts.

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[Guest]

Are there any utilities(or add ons for OTL 2003, or anything) that will alert
me of new mails?Or am just dreamin?

Thank you.

 

[Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote]

Are there any utilities(or add ons for OTL 2003, or anything) that will
alert me of new mails?Or am just dreamin?

What's wrong with the Desktop Alert that OL 2003 already has?

 

[Bob]

Are there any utilities(or add ons for OTL 2003, or anything) that will alert
me of new mails?Or am just dreamin?

There's a hotmail plugin for windows messenger that does what exactly you
want. It will notify you every time a message arrives in your hotmail inbox.

 

[John Salerno]

Alerts don;t work on http accounts.

The box that is supposed to pop up (the one that you can set the
transparency) also does not show up for me, but I'm using a POP3 account and
my regular inbox. Why won't it work for me?

 

[Guest]

The box that is supposed to pop up (the one that you can set the
transparency) also does not show up for me, but I'm using a POP3 account and
my regular inbox. Why won't it work for me?

I'm also using a POP3 account with my default Inbox, and I don't receive the
notiffications. Why is this?

 

[Guest]

Alerts don;t work on http accounts.

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I have all the right settings(as i think) to have alerts on my desktop when
i
recieve mail,but its not working.I have set-up Outlokk 2003 to recieve my
mail from my hotmail account,i recieve more than 30 mail each day,and
there
are no way to alert me.I have to open outlook from the system tray each
time
which is very frustrating when ur waiting important mail, with no alerts.
Thanks

 

[Guest]

What a stupid thing for the programmers to do. Even Outlook Express notifies
you when you have new email in your Hotmail inbox - there's no reason not to!

Alerts don;t work on http accounts.

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Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
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I have all the right settings(as i think) to have alerts on my desktop when
i
recieve mail,but its not working.I have set-up Outlokk 2003 to recieve my
mail from my hotmail account,i recieve more than 30 mail each day,and
there
are no way to alert me.I have to open outlook from the system tray each
time
which is very frustrating when ur waiting important mail, with no alerts.
Thanks

 

[Guest]

Aye,

I would like to know why, when the bloody alerts DO work it is only for mail
going directly into the inbox. Why give us the option to be able to filter
into folders (which I'm sure most people who receive a lot of mail do) and
then have it NOT tell us when those folders get new mail!

This needs to be fixed for Office 2007.

What a stupid thing for the programmers to do. Even Outlook Express notifies
you when you have new email in your Hotmail inbox - there's no reason not to!

Alerts don;t work on http accounts.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



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I have all the right settings(as i think) to have alerts on my desktop when
i
recieve mail,but its not working.I have set-up Outlokk 2003 to recieve my
mail from my hotmail account,i recieve more than 30 mail each day,and
there
are no way to alert me.I have to open outlook from the system tray each
time
which is very frustrating when ur waiting important mail, with no alerts.
Thanks

 

[Brian Tillman]

I would like to know why, when the bloody alerts DO work it is only
for mail going directly into the inbox. Why give us the option to be
able to filter into folders (which I'm sure most people who receive a
lot of mail do) and then have it NOT tell us when those folders get
new mail!

This needs to be fixed for Office 2007.

It used to work the way you want it, but enough people complained that
Microsoft that they changed it to the current operation, eliminating the
prior behavior, as their wont, instead of giving people the choice.

 

[josephbrown1953]

I have all the right settings(as i think) to have alerts on my desktop when i
recieve mail,but its not working.I have set-up Outlokk 2003 to recieve my
mail from my hotmail account,i recieve more than 30 mail each day,and there
are no way to alert me.I have to open outlook from the system tray each time
which is very frustrating when ur waiting important mail, with no alerts.
I got Microsoft, and they told me I have to use exchange server to have alerts work. I'm in they same fix. I use messenger. I guess they want you to get a domain and use exchange server. I can't afford it.

 

[Diane Poremsky {MVP}]

Whoever told you exchange was wrong - Alerts only work for mail that goes
into your default inbox - POP3 will have alerts, as will exchange. If you
use the outlook connector with msn/hotmail and have it set as the default
delivery location, they should also have alerts.

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