Outlook Notification Problems


  1. kosokuadam
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    Outlook Notification Problems


    So, I have Microsoft Outlook 2010 on this computer, and I'm using it with Gmail. The desktop notifications for new mail never show up -- is this a common problem?
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  3. Nick92
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    Windows 7 professional x86
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    Yes...it seems to me that it does not work with IMAP configured accounts
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  4. TCG
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    Nick92 said:
    Yes...it seems to me that it does not work with IMAP configured accounts
    Correct.

    The workaround for this is to create a rule within outlook for all mail(for the specified email account) and then in the advanced options for the rule you can specify "display a desktop alert" and "play a sound."
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