New mail notification

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Scott Maxwell

Is there a way to have the new mail notification
box/window stay up longer than 30 seconds in Outlook 2003
like you used to be able to do in older versions of
Outlook (i.e. like Outlook 2000)? I am not talking about
the little envelope that appears in the task bar, but the
notification box window that appears in the lower corner
of the screen (used to appear right in the middle of the
scree).

Thanks
 
Sounds like you're asking about the popup notification window from MSN
Messenger when it detects you have new e-mails.
 
To my knowledge, it is all handled by Outlook. But, then
since Microsoft does tend to like to mingle their programs
quite a bit, they could have "recruited" Messenger to
handle the work in Outlook 2003.

In Outlook 2000, I am talking about the small (about 1
inch tall by 2-3 inch long) "dialog box" that popped up
saying "new mail had arrived...do you want to read it"
with a 'yes' button (to open the message) and 'no'
button. That box stayed there until you either clicked
the 'yes' or 'no' button. You could turn that feature on
or off in the "options" menu item under the tools menu.

In Outlook 2003, this is now a slightly different "dailog
box" that appears in the lower right hand corner. You
still turn the feature on an off in the "options" menu
item under the tool menu (on the first tab, under mail
settings there is an advanced button...I believe...I am
going from memory...I am researching this for my dad).
The only problem is that now this box only stays for 30
seconds then disappears. My dad liked having it stay
until he acted upon it...it was a good reminder that he
had gotten new mail. But, he might just have to get used
to relying the little envelope icon in the task bar.
 
I don't believe so, no.

To let Microsoft know that you'd like to see a new feature in Outlook,
e-mail them at (e-mail address removed) and put "Outlook" in the subject line.
That's the address where they receive feature suggestions and I assure you
that they DO read it.
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