New Mail Notification - How to make it stay on screen till clicked OK Outlook 2003?

[kjlh]

Recently I upgraded one of my clients from Outlook XP to 2003.

Up to the XP version there was a New Mail Notifcation option that would open
a dialogue box saying "You have New Mail" and you had to click OK to get rid
of it.

Under 2003 it brings up the nice transparent notifications, and you can
change how long they stay on screen upto about 30 seconds. But my clients
are frequently away from their desks and on their return now have to go to
Outlook to check if mail has arrived in their absence.

Does anyone know if there is a way of getting the New Mail notification from
XP back again??

Or any ideas about workaround to let people know they have new mail without
having to go to Outlook 2003?

Thanks in advance

Simon

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Look at the mail envelope in the Notification Area?

--
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Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Create a rule to show a new message notification for important mail.
Otherwise, do as Roady suggests.

--
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 searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, kjlh asked:

| Recently I upgraded one of my clients from Outlook XP to 2003.
|
| Up to the XP version there was a New Mail Notifcation option that
| would open a dialogue box saying "You have New Mail" and you had to
| click OK to get rid of it.
|
| Under 2003 it brings up the nice transparent notifications, and you
| can change how long they stay on screen upto about 30 seconds. But my
| clients are frequently away from their desks and on their return now
| have to go to Outlook to check if mail has arrived in their absence.
|
| Does anyone know if there is a way of getting the New Mail
| notification from XP back again??
|
| Or any ideas about workaround to let people know they have new mail
| without having to go to Outlook 2003?
|
| Thanks in advance
|
| Simon

 

[kjlh]

Many thanks to you and Roady,

So there is such a thing as new mesage notification? will it stay on the
screen and be blindingly obvious, which sadly the envelope in the system
tray is not?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Yes, look into the rules and alerts function. I often display an on-screen,
ever present alert for mails from specific people. It is easy to set up if
you look through all the options. within a specific rule parameter.

--
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 searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, kjlh asked:

| Many thanks to you and Roady,
|
| So there is such a thing as new mesage notification? will it stay on
| the screen and be blindingly obvious, which sadly the envelope in the
| system tray is not?
|
|
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
| || Create a rule to show a new message notification for important mail.
|| Otherwise, do as Roady suggests.
||
|| --
|| 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 searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, kjlh asked:
||
||| Recently I upgraded one of my clients from Outlook XP to 2003.
|||
||| Up to the XP version there was a New Mail Notifcation option that
||| would open a dialogue box saying "You have New Mail" and you had to
||| click OK to get rid of it.
|||
||| Under 2003 it brings up the nice transparent notifications, and you
||| can change how long they stay on screen upto about 30 seconds. But
||| my clients are frequently away from their desks and on their return
||| now have to go to Outlook to check if mail has arrived in their
||| absence.
|||
||| Does anyone know if there is a way of getting the New Mail
||| notification from XP back again??
|||
||| Or any ideas about workaround to let people know they have new mail
||| without having to go to Outlook 2003?
|||
||| Thanks in advance
|||
||| Simon