Monday, October 21, 2002, 3:40:17 PM, you wrote:

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CS> On Tuesday, 22 October 2002 at 11:07 a.m. Peter wrote: 

PNS>> Rico,

PNS>> Yeah, I have the same mini-gripe. But I usually run TB minimized
PNS>> and try to ignore the flying beastie. I've been experimenting
PNS>> with a small POP-account monitor in my task bar to let me know I
PNS>> have mail (it just changes color; it doesn't flash much).


CS> Just a thought for you guys who don't like the "flying beastie"!
CS> Why don't you just set a sound alert for your different mail accounts?
CS> I never use the mail ticker because it annoys me, but I have a
CS> different sound set for each account (and for some individual
CS> folders). That way I know instantly when I have mail and who it is
CS> from. I guess if you get lots of mail it might be annoying - but it
CS> works fine for me.

Yes, that's what I ended up doing too. Now I can tell which emails I
should look at as soon as I can, and which ones(like mailing lists) I
can ignore for a bit. The mail ticker is something I haven't been able
to see any use for either.

-Vishal


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