Outlook does not show desktop notifications on a message receive if e-mail is transfered to another folder with a rule
Problem
I have a number of accounts in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, a folder for each and a rule which moves message for appropriate folder. Also it has to show a desktop notification. But it doesn't! I have enabled an option to showing notification for root incoming folder but 99.99% of my messages goes to sub-folders and absolutely quietly.
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Fix for: Outlook does not show desktop notifications on a message receive if e-mail is transfered to another folder with a rule
Found this info: "It only works on the Inbox folder" By default the new New Mail Desktop Alert will only show when the mail is delivered to the Inbox (as the option says as well in Tools-> Options-> button E-mail Options-> button Advanced E-mail Options). This means that when you have a rule configured to move your mail to a different folder the Notification won’t show. To workaround this you can add the action "display a Desktop Alert" to each and every rule. Besides the fact that it is very t…
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