Timing for alert messages

B

Bradley Saunders

I was just wondering if there was any way to lengthen the number of seconds
that the little notification alert box on the bottom right of the screen
(subject and preview) appears? I often am aware that there's an alert but
barely have time to see the sender, let alone the subject.
Does anyone know if this can be set to stay on screen for a longer time than
the default?
Thanks.
Bradley
 
D

Diane Ross

I was just wondering if there was any way to lengthen the number of seconds
that the little notification alert box on the bottom right of the screen
(subject and preview) appears?
Click to expand...

To be clear on what you are describing. In Entourage Preferences under
Notifications, you have checked "When new mail arrives ˆ Display an alert
on my desktop."

As far as I know there is no way to change this. It's not a feature many
people use. You can use an alternative, create a rule to use Growl. Growl
allows you to set the time for alerts.

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/rules/example/rule013.html>

You can also use rules to play a custom sound to alert you to your more
important mail. I use Jolly's Play Sound application with a rule to get
customized sounds for certain categories of mail. To me this is much more
useful than the default sounds that do not distinguish between important
mail and spam.

You can even create your own sounds or use computer voices to announce your
mail. For example, you could have the AppleScript say ³Mail from Dad². I use
a combination of sounds for alerts mixed with voices. I have one alert that
can be heard all over the house it's so loud when I'm waiting on a really
important email.

I use these specific sounds for special mails. Examples:

If mail is in category:

Buddy... I hear the spoken text "buddy"
Friend... I hear spoken text "friends"
Work... I hear the "ships bell sound"
Support....the quack sound
Family...the "You've got mail" sound
Alerts....the alert sound...easy to hear this one in another room

The combination of spoken word and sounds makes it easy to identify the
notification. Too many that are just sounds will start getting confusion, at
least it is for me.

Starting to get the picture of how useful this could be?

Rule to Play Sound

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/rules/sounds.html>

--
Diane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP
Entourage Help Page <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>
YouTalk <http://tinyurl.com/bzcrjy> <-- Entourage mailing list
Twitter: follow <http://twitter.com/entouragehelp>
 
Top