‘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;

1. Select the Inbox folder of your IMAP account.
2. On the Home tab, click on the Rules button and choose Manage Rules & Alerts…
3. Click on; New Rule…
4. Select: “Apply rule on messages I receive” and press the Next button.
5. Verify that no condition is selected and press Next.
6. A warning will pop-up stating that this rule will apply to all messages. Press “Yes” to indicate that that is correct.
7. 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
8. Click Next and then Next again to skip the exceptions dialog.
9. Specify a name for the rule and press Finish to complete the rule.
10. If needed move the created rule all the way to the top.

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