How To Enable Mail Notification In Outlook?

Microsoft Outlook allows you to send and receive email messages, store names, manage calendars, store contacts, and track your daily tasks. There are also some cool features that allow you to be more productive during work time. The new mail desktop alert is a handy pop-up alert for new emails. But the duration of an alert message depends on the version of Windows you are using. Old mail alert for Outlook 2002 and previous versions have an alert box New Mail has arrived. Would you like to read it now? whereas the new mail desktop alert for Outlook 2003, 2007, 2010, and 2013 pop up with the sender name, subject, and first two lines of the message. So, we shall now see how to enable mail notification in Outlook.

 

Enabling Mail Notification In Outlook

Step 1:

It is very simple to enable Outlook mail notifications. Follow the below steps.

Step 2:

Open your Outlook. You would be able to see the primary inbox section with all the received emails.

Step 3:

Go to File and you will see the Account information window.

Step 4:

Tap on Options, and then click on Mail.

Step 5:

Scroll down and visit the Message arrival option.

Step 6:

Kindly check all the checkboxes: Play the sound, Briefly change the mouse pointer, show an envelope icon in the taskbar, Display a Desktop Alert.

Step 7:

Now click on OK.

Step 8:

If you want to disable the notification, you can follow the same steps and uncheck the boxes to do the same.

Why Cannot Find The Email Server?

Reasons behind why the Outlook email client cannot find the email server are described on this page. Proceed with the easy steps given below and do the same

Step 1:
When you try to receive or send an email, the account communicates with the IMAP or POP or SMTP servers. If the server settings are wrong, then finding the email server becomes difficult.

Step 2:
Launch the Outlook application, click the Tools menu, and select Accounts.

Step 3:
Select your email account in the dialog box and check if the incoming and outgoing mail servers information is correct.

Step 4:
Select More Settings and then go to the My Outgoing server tab to make sure the authentication for the outgoing server is set properly.

Step 5:
In the Advanced tab, check if the incoming and outgoing server port numbers & encryption type are correct.

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Configuring Airtel Mail In Outlook 2007

Airtel Mail POP3 and SMTP Settings-Configuring airtel Mail in Outlook 2007



Step 1:
While installing the outlook 2007 application on your computer, the outlook 2007 startup window displays on the screen.
Step 2:
Click the next button in the outlook 2007 startup window to begin the configuration process.
Step 3:
Click the radio button beside the yes option.
Step 4:
Click the next button in the e-mail accounts window.
Step 5:
When the add new e-mail account window appears on the screen, select the checkbox beside the ‘manually configure the server settings or additional server types option and click the back button.
Step 6:
Click the radio button next to the internet e-mail option.
Step 7:
When you click the next button in the choose e-mail service window, the internet email settings window opens.
Step 8:
The pop3 and smtp server settings for the airtel mail account are given below for your reference:

User information

Your name	your full name
Email address	your name@airtelmail.in

Server information

Account type	pop3
Incoming mail server	pop.gmail.com
Outgoing mail server (smtp)	smtp.gmail.com

Logon information

User name	name@airtelmail.in
Password	airtel mail account password

Step 9:
If you want to save the password on the computer, select the checkbox next to the remember password option.
Step 10:
Once you complete the server settings using the details mentioned above, click the more settings button in the internet email settings window.
Step 11:
This will open the next window on the screen.
Step 12:
Navigate to the advanced tab.
Step 13:
Go to the server port numbers section and select the checkbox beside the ‘this server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)’ option.
Step 14:
Type the port number as 995 in the incoming server (pop3) field.
Step 15:
Fill the outgoing server (SMTP) field with the correct port number.
Step 17:
Select either the TLS or SSL protocol from the ‘use the following type of encrypted connection’ drop-down menu. Note: Smtp port for SSL enabled - 465; SMTP port for TLS enabled - 587
Step 18:
If required, navigate to the delivery section, and select the checkbox next to the ‘leave copy of the messages on the server’ option.
Step 19:
Click the ok button and go to the outgoing server tab.
Step 20:
Make sure to checkmark the box next to the ‘My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication’ option.
Step 21:
Click the radio button beside the use same settings as my incoming mail server’ option.
Step 22:
Once you are done with the configuration settings, click the ok button in the internet e-mail settings window.
Step 23:
Click the finish button when you see the congratulations message on the screen.

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