New Message Alerts do not show up.

You can create part-time or temporary 'Out of Office' automated replies in Microsoft Outlook. These can be set so that whenever you leave the office, an auto reply is sent.

This is useful if you have a high volume of e-mail messages and are expected to reply to them quickly.

You can fully customize your auto reply in Microsoft Outlook 2010.

Launch Microsoft Outlook from the Start Menu.

Click "New E-mail." Click "Plain Text."

Enter the message for your out-of-office reply in the main body of the text.

Click "File," then "Save As." Click the "Save as type" list and select "Outlook Template." Enter a name such as "out of office" and click "Save."

Click "File," then "Info." Click "Rules and Alerts," then "New Rule."

Click "Start from a blank rule," then "Check messages when they arrive," then "Next." Set "Sent Only to Me" in the conditions list and click "Next."

Select "Reply using a specific template," then choose "Specific template" on the next page as well.

Click "Select a Reply Template." Choose the template you already created and click "Open." Click "Finish," then "OK." All e-mails will now have the out-of-office reply. Disable it in "Rules" to switch it off.

Hope this helps

• After you create the automatic reply message and set up the filter, you must leave your computer running and Outlook open in order for the message to work.
• using the method below to set a rule that sends reply messages to all senders except those who are posting to a LISTSERV list. This prevents reply messages from being sent to everyone on a list.
• Outlook's Out of Office Assistant tool is another option for setting an automatic reply message; however, you cannot set rules for specific mail, such as LISTSERV lists.
• If setting a rule is not necessary, instructions on using the Out of Office Assistant can be found on Microsoft's How to Use the Out of Office Assistant in Outlook Web page.

To create and use an automatic reply message:

1. Create an away message.
   • In 2007, at the top left of the window, click the New button.
   1. In the body of the message, type the away message you want to use.
   2. Save the message.
      
      • In 2007:
        1. Click the Office Button.
        2. From the drop-down list, select Save As.
   3. From the Save as type: drop-down list, select Outlook Template (*.oft).
   4. In the File name: text box, type: away
   5. Save the file to your desktop.
   6. Close the message window.
   7. Click the No button.
2. To use your away message, set up an automatic reply filter.
   1. From the Tools menu, select Rules and Alerts....
   2. Click the New Rule... button.
   3. From the list, select Check messages when they arrive.
   4. Click Next.
   5. Click Next.
   6. Click the Yes button.
   7. Under Step 1: Select action(s), place a check in the reply using a specific template check box.
   8. Under Step 2: Edit the rule description (click an underlined value), click the a specific template link.
   9. From the Look In: drop-down list, select User Templates in File System.
   10. Click the Browse... button.
   11. Navigate to your desktop.
   12. Click OK.
   13. From the list, select the away message template.
   14. Click the Open button.
   15. Click Next.
3. Set up the rule to create exceptions where LISTSERV is in the recipient's address or the sender's address.
   1. Under Step 1: Select exception(s) (if necessary), place a check in the except with specific words in the recipient's address check box.
   2. Under Step 2: Edit the rule description (click an underlined value), click the specific words link.
   3. In the Specify a word or phrase to search for in the recipient's address: text box, type: LISTSERV
   4. Click the Add button.
   5. Click OK.
   6. Under Step 1: Select exception(s) (if necessary), place a check in the except with specific words in the sender's address check box.
   7. Under Step 2: Edit the rule description (click an underlined value), click the specific words link.
   8. In the Specify a word or phrase to search for in the sender's address: text box, type: LISTSERV
   9. Click the Add button.
   10. Click OK.
   11. Click Next.
   12. Click Finish.
   13. Click OK.
   14. In the Rules and Alerts window, click OK.
4. Set Outlook to check mail every 60 minutes. For instructions, refer to Configuring Outlook 2003/2007/2010 to Automatically Check Mail at Regular Intervals
5. When you return, disable your automatic reply filter.
   1. From the Tools menu, select Rules and Alerts....
   2. Next to your automatic reply rule, clear the check box.
   3. Click OK.

Hi Cecil,

First you'll need to create a message template.

1. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Mail Message.
2. On the Options tab, in the Format group, click Plain Text.
3. In the message body, type the message that you want to send as your automated reply.
4. In the message window, click the Microsoft Office Button and then click Save As.
5. In the Save As dialog box, in the Save as type list, click Outlook Template (*.oft).
6. In the File name box, type a name for your message template, and then click Save.

Once the template is finished, you'll need to set up a new rule to reply to the incoming messages.
Do the following:

1. On the Tools menu, click Rules and Alerts.
2. In the Rules and Alerts dialog box, click New Rule.
3. Under Start from a blank rule, click Check messages when they arrive, and then click Next.
4. Under Which condition(s) do you want to check?, select the sent only to me check box and any other criteria that you want, and then click Next.
5. When you see a dialog box informing you that this rule will be applied to every message that you receive, click Yes.
6. Under What do you want to do with the message?, select the reply using a specific template check box.
7. Under Step 2: Edit the rule description (click an underlined value), click a specific template.
8. In the Select a Reply Template dialog box, in the Look In box, click User Templates in File System.
9. Select the template that you created in the previous section, and then click Open.
10. Click Next.
11. Optionally, select the check boxes for any exceptions to the auto-reply rule.
12. Click Next.
13. Under Step 1: Specify a name for this rule, type a name for the auto-reply rule, and then click Finish.

Hope this helps!
Please don't forget to rate;)

Gary

Open the windows controle panel.
Click on Sounds. Here it is possible to activate sounds and also for incoming E-mails

1. Open Yahoo! Messenger
2. Click Messenger --> Preferences or CTRL+Shift+P
3. Under category click Alerts and Sounds
4. In the "Alert me when" box click "I receive email in Yahoo! Mail"
5. Uncheck the boxes next to "Displaying a dialog box", "Showing an icon in the system tray" and "Showing a message in the bottom right corner of my screen". If you prefer not hear the pow alert as well uncheck "Playing a sound..."
6. Click OK and you're done.

So as not to leave you in the dark, let's also define these three options:
"Displaying a dialog box" is the Windows dialog box that pops up notifying you of new mail. "Showing an icon in the system tray" is the envelope that appears when new mail arrives. "Showing a message in the bottom right corner of my screen" is the box that comes up giving you the subject of the message or how many emails.
Additionally, you can customize all your alerts in a very similar manner: Select the alert you want to change then check or uncheck the boxes as desired. You can even change what sounds you hear.
Hope that helps take some of the aggregation out of your computing experience!\

Start-> Run-> CMD->Msconfig-> Start up tab-> Uncheck Yahoo Messenger-> Apply-> Close-> Restart the computer.

In Skype, go to Tools>Options>Notifications>Alerts and messages, and uncheck all the items under "Show messages about..." and "Show alerts from..."

After going through the manual and talking to an AT&T rep, I found that it is not possible to set your own ringtone as a message alert tone. You can only use your own ringtones for calls and ringer ID's. We're stuck with the 10 pre-loaded rings for the message alerts. :(

Open outlook. Then click on tools and options. Next click on email options and advanced email options.
The alerts will be in here under when new items arive in my email box. Check them all.

Gues you are not recieving desktop alert

GO to tools > Options > Email options > Advanced e mail options

Check the required box under when new email arrive in my inbox > Ok

Found the answer!
"The icon is for a web alert. Go to your message section and go to the web alerts section. It will open up to the message where you will be able to download your ringtone."

Its in the web alerts! Never thought to check there...