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Set a mail alert preference, to let you know right away when you have new mail messages in your inbox.
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Table 1. Welcome
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1.1 | Mail alerts allow you to receive notification immediately when a new mail message is in your inbox, no matter where you are working in Notes. | IBM social business animation displays with video title.
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1.2 | By default, Notes will display new mail alerts as a slide-in summary on your screen. If you like this option, you don’t need to make any preference changes. | Screen displays a Notes teamroom application with several documents. When new mail arrives in the Notes inbox, a new mail slide-in summary box appears at the bottom of the Teamroom screen, detailing the new mail summary. |
1.3 | If you want to change how you are notified of new mail, open preferences and go to the Mail -> Sending and Receiving options. | Click File -> Preferences -> Mail -> Sending and Receiving. |
1.4 | Select an option. You can choose to play a sound, display a pop-up box, or get no alert notification at all. You can also choose to see a notification in your system tray. | Click the Show a popup option. Uncheck and then check the Display an icon in the system tray option. |
1.5 | Now, you’ll know you have new email as soon as it arrives! | Screen displays a Notes teamroom application with several documents. Now when new mail arrives in the Notes inbox, a pop-up box appears on-screen, detailing the new mail summary. |
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