"Jay Garcia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > 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
