Envelope notification for Inbox subfolders

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Faith - 27 Mar 2008 13:10 GMT

I have the following option set: Tools - Options - Email Options - Advanced
Email Options - Show Icon in Notification area, but it only works for my
Inbox items and not my Inbox subfolders. I know that Microsoft has stated in
previous Outlook versions that this is "by design," but I had hoped they
would have changed the design in Outlook 2007.

Does anyone know a workaround or anything for getting an envelope (I don't
want a message alert) to display in my tray when I get an e-mail that's moved
via a Rule to an Inbox subfolder?

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Brian Tillman - 27 Mar 2008 16:55 GMT

> I have the following option set: Tools - Options - Email Options -
> Advanced Email Options - Show Icon in Notification area, but it only
> works for my Inbox items and not my Inbox subfolders. I know that
> Microsoft has stated in previous Outlook versions that this is "by
> design," but I had hoped they would have changed the design in
> Outlook 2007.

Nope. The Notification Area icon appears only for messages delivered to the
Inbox.

> Does anyone know a workaround or anything for getting an envelope (I
> don't want a message alert) to display in my tray when I get an
> e-mail that's moved via a Rule to an Inbox subfolder?

I don't believe you can have the envelope icon cause the envelope icon to
display, but you can add an action for a desktop alert to the rule.

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