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Gregory447 - 27 Jul 2007 22:18 GMT

I was hoping I could setup a new email alert icon on the very bottom bar,
where the Windows Start button is on far left. Is there such a customizing
feature for Outlook Express ?? I would appreciate any input. I don't want
sound, but it would be nice to see if there is any new unread mail without
having to open Outlook Express. Thanks,

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Tom Willett - 27 Jul 2007 22:48 GMT

Outlook Express must be open in order to get an email alert.

|I was hoping I could setup a new email alert icon on the very bottom bar,
| where the Windows Start button is on far left. Is there such a customizing
| feature for Outlook Express ?? I would appreciate any input. I don't want
| sound, but it would be nice to see if there is any new unread mail without
| having to open Outlook Express. Thanks,

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Ken Blake, MVP - 27 Jul 2007 23:13 GMT

> I was hoping I could setup a new email alert icon on the very bottom bar,
> where the Windows Start button is on far left. Is there such a customizing
> feature for Outlook Express ?? I would appreciate any input. I don't want
> sound, but it would be nice to see if there is any new unread mail without
> having to open Outlook Express. Thanks,

It's your E-mail client which goes to the mail server and looks for
mail. In your case that's Outlook Express. So without Outlook Express
being open, your computer doesn't know there's mail for you.

I believe there is some third-party software which isn't an E-mail
client, but checks to see if you have mail, but I don't really see any
particular value to doing this, and I've never used anything like it.

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Peter - 28 Jul 2007 08:19 GMT

>> I was hoping I could setup a new email alert icon on the very bottom bar,
>> where the Windows Start button is on far left. Is there such a customizing
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>client, but checks to see if you have mail, but I don't really see any
>particular value to doing this, and I've never used anything like it.

Hi
I use "POP Peeper" program to check my email

it check POP3, IMAP, hotmail, Yahoo, Mail.com, MyWay, Excite,
Rediffmail, Lycos, Gmail, Juno/NetZero, and it's freeware program

You can check it out for yourseft, : http://www.poppeeper.com/

Pete

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Ken Blake, MVP - 28 Jul 2007 19:59 GMT

> >> I was hoping I could setup a new email alert icon on the very bottom bar,
> >> where the Windows Start button is on far left. Is there such a customizing
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> it check POP3, IMAP, hotmail, Yahoo, Mail.com, MyWay, Excite,
> Rediffmail, Lycos, Gmail, Juno/NetZero, and it's freeware program

I'm curious as to what value you see in doing this, rather than just
using your E-mail client to retrieve the mail.

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TOM7601 - 28 Jul 2007 21:22 GMT

>>>> I was hoping I could setup a new email alert icon on the very bottom bar,
>>>> where the Windows Start button is on far left. Is there such a customizing
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> I'm curious as to what value you see in doing this, rather than just
> using your E-mail client to retrieve the mail.

If, for some reason, you don't want to leave your mail client running in
the background, it would give an alert whenever mail arrived, but if
you leave your mail client running it will "beep" you when mail arrives.

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Ken Blake, MVP - 28 Jul 2007 22:03 GMT

> >>>> I was hoping I could setup a new email alert icon on the very bottom bar,
> >>>> where the Windows Start button is on far left. Is there such a customizing
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> the background, it would give an alert whenever mail arrived, but if
> you leave your mail client running it will "beep" you when mail arrives.

Yes, but I'm trying to find out what he, or anyone else, might see as
that "some reason."

I personally can't think of one. Can you help?

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TOM7601 - 29 Jul 2007 16:05 GMT

>>>>>> I was hoping I could setup a new email alert icon on the very bottom bar,
>>>>>> where the Windows Start button is on far left. Is there such a customizing
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>
> I personally can't think of one. Can you help?

Perhaps the security settings in his mail client aren't set correctly
and he's concerned about getting a virus or malware. I wonder if
something like mailwasher would work for him. At least he could view
what's "waiting" and delete it before it hits his hard drive.

http://www.mailwasher.net/

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