Hi
The reason i need this periodic sync is that when my UPS fails, it sends me
a mail
and when the outlook receives it, it launches a program which SMS me.
There is a chance that the UPS won't keep my PC on for a whole 1 min (in the
worst case) , and shut it down before It sends the SMS....
btw, I couldn't setup the UPS program (Winpower) to SMS me directly although
this feature exists)
You have talked about "polling the mail server", so what about "Google Talk"?
When I receive an email in gmail, "Google Talk" notifies my in no more than
5 seconds! And there are many Desktop Gadgets which displays a screenshot of
your inbox and sync it more rapidly, nevertheless they don't have the "rules
and alerts" option like outlook has...