How do I open a sound in my email?

How to Program Windows XP to Notify of Email With Sound

• Answer:

  If you use an email client like Outlook or Thunderbird in Windows XP, you can customize not only features within those clients, but also many of the ways Windows interacts with the clients. When you get a new email in an email client, you may want Windows to notify you of the new message by an audio alert, and Windows XP has this function built into its Control Panel. Although Windows can't alert you to new emails when you're accessing email through a browser, you can set up audio alerts for email clients in just a minute or two. Difficulty: Moderately Easy Instructions Click on the "Start" button in the lower-left corner of your screen. Select "Control Panel," and then select "Sounds and Audio Devices." Scroll down to "New Mail" in the "Program events" section of the window. "New Mail" will likely be close to the bottom of the list. Select "New Mail." Choose a sound for the new email alert. You can click the drop-down menu below the word "Sounds" and choose one of the provided alerts, or you can click the "Browse..." button and navigate to a different WAV file you'd like to use. Click "OK" to close the window and apply your changes. Tips & Warnings Tip: After selecting a sound, you can sample it by clicking the play button to the left of the "Browse" button.