For me, the following worked: In Evolution, go to: Edit > Plugins and choose the plugin called something like "Notification of new mail" (my version is in another language), and open the tab "Configuration" on the right. The FIRST line, I UNmarked (called something like "Play only sound when mails arrive in the INBOX". The next fielt I marked "Play sound everytime mails arrives".
Below that, You can choose "Beep" (standard), and that don't work, so I choose "Play from file" and found a file that I like, and everything now works fine. BTW: Happy NewYear 2012 :-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evolution in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292585 Title: Evolution Mail Notification has no sound Status in The Evolution Mail & Calendaring Tool: Expired Status in “evolution” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: evolution Evolution Mail 2.24.1 that comes installed on Ubunut 8.10 Intrepid Ibex will not play a sound from Mail Notification plugin (no matter what kind of audio file e.g. .ogg, .mp3, .wav., ect...). Output of gconftool-2 -g /apps/evolution/mail/notify/sound: /usr/share/sounds/ekiga/voicemail.wav "/usr/share/sounds/ekiga/voicemail.wav" isn't even what file I have selected in Edit | Plugins | Mail Notification | Configuration. Even within this menu after select your sound, you cannot preview it. I've noticed this bug also exists in Gutsy and Hardy as well. This feature did work within Feisty. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/evolution/+bug/292585/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
