Outlook Notification Problems

[kosokuadam]

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?

 

[Nick92]

Yes...it seems to me that it does not work with IMAP configured accounts

 

[TCG]

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."