New Mail & Mail Program

Options -- New Mail

The options in this section of the configuration apply only if you added an email checking item to MailBell (see Using the program/Common tasks).

Play sound for new mail
A sound file to play when MailBell detects new mail. Optionally you can configure MailBell to play again and again (e.g. if you're sometimes away from your computer). You can stop playing the sound from the File menu or by using any other program function (e.g. by opening your mail program from MailBell).

You can also suppress the sound at certain hours during the day, e.g. overnight from 10pm to 7am. Please fill the time fields in 24 hour format exactly in the form hh:mm, e.g. 22:00 (10pm) or 08:30 (8:30am).

Show popup window for new mail
If this option is checked, MailBell will show a small unobtrusive window for every incoming mail. You can close that window by clicking on it with the left mouse button and you can start your email program by clicking on it with the right mouse button. (see Alert-Popup).

Indicate new mail by blinking system tray icon
This option controls if the MailBell icon in the taskbar should blink if new mail has come in. To stop the blinking simply move the mouse over the icon.

Options -- Mail Program

The options in this section of the configuration apply only if you added an email checking item to MailBell (see Using the program/Common tasks).

Email program
The email program setting allows you to specify a program that you are using to read email. MailBell can automatically start this program when new mail arrives and, if you are providing some text from the email programs title bar (e.g. the word Outlook), MailBell will check if this window is already open to avoid starting multiple copies of the program when more than one mail arrives.

Parameter to write new mail
Most email programs support command line parameters to go directly jump to the new email dialog when starting the program. E.g. for Outlook and older versions of Outlook Express this is /c ipm.note, for current versions of Outlook Express use /mailurl:mailto:. For Netscape it is -compose. This parameter is added to the email program command line if you select "Write New Mail" from MailBell's File menu.

Parameter for inbox
Here you can add a parameter that passed to the mail program when reading mail. Outlook does not need this parameter, for Netscape -inbox. For other mail clients, please check their help files or contact their support.

Window title ...
As mentioned above, MailBell can look if your email program is already open. However, some email programs use different window titles for different parts of the program. If you need to look for different keywords (e.g. a Window that either contains the word Mail-O-Matic or the phrase Compose message, you can put vertical bars between them e.g. Mail-O-Matic|Compose message.