Archive for October 2010
‘Laptop thigh’ skin rash warning
Very interesting article about safety use of laptops. If you work a lot with your laptop on your lap you better read this.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11476251
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IMAP mail notification not working in Outlook 2010
I’m using an IMAP account and since I upgraded to Outlook 2010, I no longer get any new mail alerts. I was using that feature in Outlook 2007 or previous. I want it back!!
This is a bug in Outlook 2010 but only if you are working with IMAP account. And there is no fix for that issue at the moment but you can do a workaround.
Workaround
Until a fix is released, you can create an alert rule as a workaround;
- Select the Inbox folder of your IMAP account.
- On the Home tab, click on the Rules button and choose Manage Rules & Alerts…
- Click on; New Rule…
- Select: “Apply rule on messages I receive” and press the Next button.
- Verify that no condition is selected and press Next.
- A warning will pop-up stating that this rule will apply to all messages. Press “Yes” to indicate that that is correct.
- Select one or more of the following actions;
- play a sound
at the bottom, click on “a sound” and browse to
Windows 7 and Windows Vista:C:\Media\Windows Notify.wav
Windows XP:C:\Media\Windows XP Notify.wav
- display a specific message in the New Item Alert window
at the bottom, click on “a specific message” and type your custom message. For instance;
New IMAP messages - display a Desktop Alert
- play a sound
- Click Next and then Next again to skip the exceptions dialog.
- Specify a name for the rule and press Finish to complete the rule.
- If needed move the created rule all the way to the top.
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