Setting Desktop Alerts For New Email Messages

You can set up desktop alerts for new email notification. To receive alerts, your mailbox must be opened.

  1. Go to the Preferences>Mail page.

  2. In the Receiving Messages>Message Arrival section, select how you want to be notified when new message arrive. Select any of these options.

Option

Description

Play a sound

You are notified by a beep. If you have your volume set to mute, you do not hear a sound. For this to work, you must have either QuickTime or Windows MediaCenter installed.

Highlight the Mail tab

The Mail tab is highlighted if you are not working in the Mail tab at the time.

Flash the browser title

Browser flashes until you open the Mail tab