How do I get my computer to notify me when I get a email?

How do I get my computer to notify me when I have an email by the way of an audioble sound?

  • Answer:

    Go to and click messenger, scroll to and click Preferences. On the side menu click Alerts & Sounds. Mark the boxes, Enable alert sounds, Showing a message at the bottom right corner of screen and Playing a sound. Click Apply and Ok. You must be signed in to the messenger to get the alerts. They will pop up once you do sign in.

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Use a mail programme (like Apple Mail on Macs or Outlook Express on Windows) and configure it to get your mail from POP3 servers. The program can make a sound on receiving new mail.

Sea Spirit

To receive audio notification of new messages with Outlook Express 1 On the Tools menu, click Options. 2 On the General tab, select the Play sound when new messages arrive check box Or click Help on other mail systems

Beacher

yahoo mail does that if you have yahoo messenger open also.

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