Running windows mail in the background?

[paulpp]

Hello is there anyway i can run windows mail in the background becuase when i leave the program it just exsits and dosent sit in the background?

I just want it to keep checking for mails but not annoying me on the task bar,

Regards Paul

 

[Mitch656]

i would like to know this to.

and i cant find the ansawer on google

 

[Bill2]

To make Windows Live Mail check for new mail periodically and automatically and in the background:

1)Select Options from the menu.
2)Go to the General tab.
3)Make sure Check for new messages every...... minute(s) is checked.
4)Set the interval you want.
5)Click OK.

 

[paulpp]

clicked that but dosent seem to run in the background, i want to be notified when i recieve a message

 

[Bill2]

In Options, did you tick "Play sound when new mail arrives"?
Also, go to control panel-sound-sounds tab. scroll down to "new mail notification" and ensure that a sound is assigned to it.

 

[cgrim29588]

Try some of the suggestions above and if you like I can do some research and try to find the answer to your question.

 

[sarf321]

Minimize Windows Live Mail to system tray in Windows 7

Do you want this? Minimise the window and it will run in the system tray, and if you allow notifications for the program, and you have done what Bill2 said hopefully it will work? I'll try it out now.

 

[sarf321]

I did it^ but it still keeps WLM as an open program so I... (look at printscreen) (I right clicked the icon on the system tray)

 

[Pixelpro]

Mine stays in the same place when your change windows? Can you tell me exaclty happens?

 

[FZ21Z]

Run it in Vista Service Pack 2 Compatibility Mode, then it will minimise to the system tray like Outlook does.

 

[paulpp]

Thanks for all of the help guys mine worked fine , now is there a way of running it when the operating system boots up?

 

[sarf321]

Put WLM in Starting Programs, and make sure it remembers your password and email.

 

[Mitch656]

To make Windows Live Mail check for new mail periodically and automatically and in the background:

1)Select Options from the menu.
2)Go to the General tab.
3)Make sure Check for new messages every...... minute(s) is checked.
4)Set the interval you want.
5)Click OK.

so that dident work for me when i closed it, so i had to swap to vista aswell.


Anyway just asking what do u recommend, when it says checking for email, should i leave it as 30 or make it like 5 or 1min

 

[Bill2]

Mitch656,
That depends on how frequently you get mail. If you get many, set it to 5 minutes, otherwise 30 minutes is fine.

 

[paulpp]

i set mine to 1 min, its better becuase you know when you get email and even if you done get many you still get them quicker rather than pressing it manually,

Regards Paul

 

[Mitch656]

mine seems to close itself when my computer goes to sleep by itself :l

 

[iheyrosa]

i guess what paulpp is trying to say is this: Like Outlook Express, when you wish to run it in the backgroud, you would first need to download the HideOE stuff ( can be searched in google)
he is using Windows Live Mail, so am I. I am having the same issue.
setting it up compatible for Vista SP 2 does make Windows Live Mail run in the background only if you hit the MINIMIZE button.
if you wish to keep it running, don't click on CLOSE

 

[roncerr]

In Windows 7, when WLM is running it shows up in the System Tray as well as the Task Bar. To have it run w/o the Task Bar entry you right-click on the SysTray icon and select "Hide Window When Minimized".