"Jay Garcia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Oliver Prill-Alex wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > I already posted this on the secnews.netscape.com server and got an
answer
> > from Jay Garcia (thanks!) but somehow I cannot post to this server
anymore
> > and his answer didn't help me... So I try again:
> >
> > I installed NS 6.2 a couple of days ago on my new XP Pro and I changed
the
> > prefs.js file with the mail sound lines (at this stage I didn't know
that it
> > does not work anymore in 6.2):
> >
> > user_pref("mail.biff.play_sound",true);
> > user_pref("mail.biff.use_default_sound", false);
> > user_pref("mail.biff.sound_file", "c:\\windows\\Media\\mysound.wav");
> >
> > ok, it didn't work, I look through the newsgroups and found out that it
> > cannot work since it's based on mozilla 0.94. So I changed the prefs.js
once
> > again (just deleted the last three lines) and thought I am now back to
> > normal... But, now I have NO SOUND at all! HELP! I did not change
anything
> > else, just this file. How can I get back my default sound? I checked the
> > setting in the preferences and it sould work (tick).
> >
> > Does anyone know what to do?
> >
> > Referring to the answer from Jay (basically it said: the mail
notification
> > does only work from 0.95 onwards), it did work BEFORE I changed the
prefs.js
> > file, I just got the default warning sound, which was set in the windows
> > preferences. Now I don't get ANY SOUND AT ALL! Something must have
changed
> > somewhere just by adding these line, starting the prg and deleting the
files
> > again.
> >
> > I was thinking of just installing NS6.2 again OVER the existing version,
but
> > I am not sure, if I lose all my settings by doing this...
> >
> >
> > Thank for any hints,
> > olli
> >
>
>
> Mail notification sound does not work in 6.2 and there is nothing you
> can do to make it work that I know of.
>
> Sound notification works in Mozilla as of about 2 weeks ago or so and
> uses the default New Mail Notification sound file in Windows. I don't
> know about the other OS's.
>
> --
> Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion
> Novell MCNE-5/CNI-Networking Technologies-OSI
> UFAQ - http://www.UFAQ.org
>

But it DOES work on my wife's user account and it did work before I changed
it in my account, too! It just uses the default Windows warning signal, not
the windows sound which is set for 'New  mail notification'...

Strange...

olli




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