Setting A New Sound For New Mail Alert In Microsoft Outlook

Are you bored with hearing the same little chime each time you get a new message in your Outlook email application? Yes, it can get boring. That is why Microsoft Outlook has a variety of options to customize - to keep you interested. Instead of the rather boring little chime, you can set a little ditty or an announcement message like “You've got mail!” as your message alert in Outlook application.
Setting a new email alert sound in Microsoft Outlook is pretty easy. The following Microsoft help instructions will tell you how.

Instructions

If you are using Windows 2000

• Close the Outlook application if it is open.
• The audio file that you wish to use for your new email alert should be of the .wav extension.
• Go to the Start menu and click on Control Panel to open the Control Panel window.
• Locate the Sounds and Multimedia icon and double click to open it. Now click on the Sounds tab and then click the Sound Events option. Further click on Windows and then select New Mail Notification.
• Now it is time to select the audio file. Click the Browse button and choose the .wav file from your hard disk drive. After selecting the file, click the OK button.
• Launch Microsoft Outlook application and check to see if you can hear the new sound for your incoming email alert.

If you are using Windows XP

• From the Control Panel window, open the option Sounds, Speech and Audio Devices. Now select Sounds and Audio Devices.
• Click on the Sounds tab and further click on Program Events. Proceed by clicking Windows and then New Mail Notification.
• Now click on Browse button and select the .wav file from the hard disk drive. Click the OK button.
• Launch the Outlook application to hear the new incoming email alert sound.

If you are using Windows Vista

• The procedure is almost the same with Windows 2000 and XP. The only difference that you will find in Vista is with the Control Panel option.
• In Control Panel, you need to select Hardware and Sound. Then click on the Sound option. Next, click on the Sound tab, then Windows and then New Mail Notification.
• The rest of the procedure is the same as in the last case.

See how easy it is to change the incoming mail alert in Microsoft Outlook application. Start checking your new emails listening to something that soothe your ears. Visit Microsoft Help and Support Center if you need further assistance.