Outlook Express

[mr motorola]

Ok i use msn messenger a fair bit......

when an e-mail arrives (whilst i am on-line) with msn messenger it pops up in corner of screen with an audible plip plop

 

 

Is ir possible to set something similar with Outlook Express (instead of me clicking in there everytime i'm waiting for a message)

i'm not too bothered about the pop up so much , but a sound of some sort would be ok

 

From what i can make out oe gives you some sort of option to do this anyway..........but i'm damned if i can sort it

 

Any help from the pros out there........

[corydoras]

Ok i use msn messenger a fair bit......

when an e-mail arrives (whilst i am on-line) with msn messenger it pops up in corner of screen with an audible plip plop

Is ir possible to set something similar with Outlook Express (instead of me clicking in there everytime i'm waiting for a message)

i'm not too bothered about the pop up so much , but a sound of some sort would be ok

 

From what i can make out oe gives you some sort of option to do this anyway..........but i'm damned if i can sort it

 

Any help from the pros out there........

Advice from a pro, don't use Outlook Express. Use Thunderbird, use eudora (it becomes Open Source after 30 April), use pegasus mail, use pidegeons in preference to Outlook Express.

[Guest Ferret1959]

Advice from a pro, don't use Outlook Express. Use Thunderbird, use eudora (it becomes Open Source after 30 April), use pegasus mail, use pidegeons in preference to Outlook Express.

 

 

Why?

[Steve Walker]

use pidegeons in preference to Outlook Express.

 

 

You don't want pigeons, unlike OE they spread viruses. Oh, hang on, as you were!

[Chris Goddard]

Te, hee!!

[mr motorola]

thanks for the replies lads but............

anyone have any ideas how to sort my problem?

[nick]

having not used outlook express for many years it is only a vague memory, but somewhere in your email account settings there is an option to play a sound when new mail arrives. It is quite straight forward.

 

Check OE help - it should point you in the right direction.

 

But quite seriously the advice you have been given to ditch outlook express is the very best advice possible. It is a security nightmare.

 

Thunderbird is very easy to use, and if you really want to you can even make it look like Outlook express.

 

You can download it from here and if you do, why not get firefox too!

[Guest Ferret1959]

having not used outlook express for many years it is only a vague memory, but somewhere in your email account settings there is an option to play a sound when new mail arrives. It is quite straight forward.

 

Check OE help - it should point you in the right direction.

 

But quite seriously the advice you have been given to ditch outlook express is the very best advice possible. It is a security nightmare.

 

Thunderbird is very easy to use, and if you really want to you can even make it look like Outlook express.

 

You can download it from here and if you do, why not get firefox too!

Just downloaded T/bird.

I will say how simple it was to set up, nearly nowt to it.

Thanks for the link Nick.

 

Oh and works with Mailwasher just incase anyone uses MW.

[wanzelbin]

thanks for the replies lads but............

anyone have any ideas how to sort my problem?

 

I don't use Outlook Express either, but to make it do what you want:

 

Click the Tools menu, then select Options.

On the first tab ("General"), in the "Send / Receive Messages" section the first check box says "Play sound when messages arrive". Make sure this is clicked and all should be peachy.

 

That's for Outlook Express 6 anyway - don't know if there's a later version.

 

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[mr motorola]

Cheers guys , much appreciated