How do I set up a persistent alert for received mail?

[Glenn]

I am using Outlook and have set it up to display an alert when emails are
received. This alert disappears after a specified number of seconds which
makes is good unless I have walked away from my desk. Is there a way to make
a persistent alert? For instance, with Messenger, if you are chatting with
someone and the chat window is not the active window the application blinks
in the taskbar until it is clicked on.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

See http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/mailalert2003.htm

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Brian Tillman]

I am using Outlook and have set it up to display an alert when emails
are received. This alert disappears after a specified number of
seconds which makes is good unless I have walked away from my desk.
Is there a way to make a persistent alert? For instance, with
Messenger, if you are chatting with someone and the chat window is
not the active window the application blinks in the taskbar until it
is clicked on.

I'm assuming you're using Outlook 2003. You can change the alert settings
by clicking Tools>Options>E-mail Options>Advanced E-mail Options. The
Desktop Alert's duration can be set to a maximum of 30 seconds in that
Options dialogue, but you can make it last much longer (68 years) with
registry settings. See
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlook.general/msg/aee1d43c7330184e