Are you one of those people who cannot stop themselves from checking their email every time one of those notifications appears in the bottom right of the screen? Perhaps you resist temptation by turning off all notifications? (See http://roem.co.uk/tip_402.php if you didn’t know that was possible.)
But did you know you can create a rule to get notifications from certain people or about certain subjects only?
Here’s how:
- Switch off all notifications.
- Right-click a message from a person or about a certain topic you want to set a notification for.
- Select Rules, Create Rule.
- Tick the check box of the person and/or subject.
- Tick the Display in the New Item Alert window and/or tick the Play a selected sound check box.
- Press ENTER or click OK twice.
In future, when new mail arrives and you ticked the Display in the New Item Alert window check box in step 5, you will get a dialogue box listing all the relevant mail messages. The window remains open even if you’ve read the email by clicking on Open Item. Press ESC (or click on Close) to close it.
To change the notification click on the Edit Rule button in the New Mail Alerts dialog box. Alternatively, click on the Rules button on the Home tab and select Manage Rules & Alerts.
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Karen Roem offers software training and support through her company Roem Ltd. Contact her by email (Karen@roem.co.uk) or visit her website at www.roem.co.uk