Continual notificatioin of new email

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Dan Green - 16 Nov 2004 17:39 GMT

Wouldn't it be nice to have the option to have continual notificatioin of new
email, w/different toggles, similar to an answering machine? In this way,
those who are constantly online because of DSL or higher speed, and have
their Outlook set up to Recieve every five minutes, don't have to continually
stop by the computer to see if they have email (just in case they were out of
range to hear the first and only notification). They could run around the
house, or even next door to grandmas and know if they received something or
not while they were gone.

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Sharad Naik - 17 Nov 2004 03:43 GMT

Wouldn't they know which messages received while they were away just looking
at the inbox? The unread messages are highlighted + The Received Time is
marked for each message.

Sharad

> Wouldn't it be nice to have the option to have continual notificatioin of
> new
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> or
> not while they were gone.

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Michael Bauer - 17 Nov 2004 07:07 GMT

Hi Dan,

in addition to Sharad you could create your own UserForm and show this
as long as you like to.

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Michael Bauer

> Wouldn't it be nice to have the option to have continual notificatioin of new
> email, w/different toggles, similar to an answering machine? In this way,
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> house, or even next door to grandmas and know if they received something or
> not while they were gone.

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Dan Green - 17 Nov 2004 14:48 GMT

I understand what you are saying. Again, I am speaking of an audio
notification, not visual. My wife is very computer illiterate and has a focus
problem. If I left the computer on with the speakers turned up, she can
depend on a continual audio notification rather than have to remember to
check the messages. For most everyone else, the feature would be a
convenience at best. For her, it would increase productivity since she needs
to be vigilant of incoming messeges. It can only help her to remember to
check. I suppose I could create a rule to forward all incoming to the same
address so that she continually gets an audio notification. :) Seriously, you
have to know my wife to understand how much it would help. She has a lot on
her plate and a constant check of the email would just add to it. It would be
nice if she only needed to go to the computer when she hears the continual
notificatiion....just like an answering machine. Thanks for your comments.

> Hi Dan,
>
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> something or
> > not while they were gone.

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Michael Bauer - 17 Nov 2004 15:31 GMT

Hi Dan,

from that Form you could play your own wave file.

Private Declare Function PlaySound Lib "winmm.dll" Alias "PlaySoundA" _
(ByVal lpszName As String, ByVal hModule As Long, ByVal dwFlags As
Long) As Long
Private Const SND_FILENAME = &H20000 ' name is a file name
Private Const SND_ASYNC = &H1 ' play asynchronously
Private Const SND_SYNC = &H0 ' play synchronously (default)

Sub PlaySoundForWifeVeryLong()
PlaySound "YourSound.wav", ByVal 0&, SND_FILENAME Or SND_SYNC
end sub

In addition you could add a cancel-button. As long as it isn´t pressed
you can replay the sound.

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> I understand what you are saying. Again, I am speaking of an audio
> notification, not visual. My wife is very computer illiterate and has a focus
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> > something or
> > > not while they were gone.

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