Solved New Message alert

[KenB]

Is there a way of seeing that a new email message has arrived without having Live Mail open, I have seen it done using incredimail.
Ken

 

[whs]

Yeah, Incredimail does that, but Incredimail is a virus.

 

[KenB]

A lot of people seem to use incredimail... I wonder if ther are any other programs that will trigger an email alert without haveing live mail open?
Ken

 

[roncerr]

Yeah, Incredimail does that, but Incredimail is a virus.

Thanks for cluing us in. I found this if anyone would like to uninstall it: PC Hell: How to Uninstall Incredimail Automatically

 

[boohbah]

i use trillian , i get pop ups to tell me if i have mail and it shows a count of mail also ,
you can also have different email accounts monitored ie, yahoo ,gmail and so on.
but you will need to have that running permanently
Trillian

 

[KenB]

Thanks Guys,
Just so long as I know that there is nothing in win7 that can do this, (I wonder why)
It seems that if I want an email alert I will have to have Live Mail open or an outside program!
Ken

 

[Maguscreed]

live messenger will also just run in your tray and notify you whenever your hotmail/live account received emails, you can even jump directly to them by clicking the notification.

 

[KenB]

Yes but only if you have Live Mail open at the time and minimized, I was looking for a way to be notified of incoming mail without having Live Mail open?
Ken

 

[Maguscreed]

...no you don't need live mail open for that to work.
you must have live messenger running in the tray though.
It will simply take you to it through your browser instead of using the mail app. I think you can even change that if you go into the messenger settings.

 

[KenB]

Hi, As I'm new win7 I don't know where messenger settings are, I will require more info in doing this.
Ken

 

[Maguscreed]

Not a special area for me, I did recall seeing a snippet on another site I'll just quote here.
apologies for not giving proper credit for original post (which generally goes against my principles) this came from pastebin with no username though.

Messenger opens WL Mail if the account which is currently signed in it is set to sign in WL Mail as well. You can change the address which WL Mail will sign in while being started from WL Mail's Options>Connection>"Sign in" or "Sign in with another ID". Or you can completely "Stop signing-in" which will lead Messenger open all emails in internet explorer.

So you must prefer one of your two accounts to open WL Mail from Messenger. But keep in mind that signing in WL Mail connects it to the Messenger which is signed in with the same account so you can see statuses of your contacts of that account within WL Mail, moreover all the contacts belonging to that account will be imported and it provides some Windows Live Spaces integration.

Also, configuring email accounts and/or making them default have nothing to do with all of these.

 

[roncerr]

Hi, As I'm new win7 I don't know where messenger settings are, I will require more info in doing this.
Ken

Is Messenger installed? Messenger is a separate item from Mail that must be selected and installed using the original Windows Live Essentials installation file.

 

[boohbah]

using messenger to give you alerts means having a third part ware running, this is why i use trillian as it allows me to see my four different accounts and i can instant message my friends ,clicking a notification opens your mail client in your browser, also you get a little preview of the message in the pop up so at a glance see if its important or not.
if you are going to run a third party software then i would try trillian as it gives you more . if you dont like it then uninstall it.