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Question

Need e-mail program with audible alert

May 25, 2013 9:53AM PDT

I used to use messenger to notify me when a new email came in. Now that messenger has been replaced by skype, I am looking for an email program that will watch for new messages in my hotmail account and notify me with an audible alert immediately upon their arrival.

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You can do this with WLM
May 25, 2013 10:12AM PDT

You can set up an account with Windows Live Mail to do this. Hotmail.com supports POP.
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Good luck.

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WLM (Windows Live Messenger) has been replaced with Skype
May 25, 2013 12:08PM PDT

Thanks for trying but WLM is no longer available and Skype does not have the function

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WLM is part of Windows Essentials
May 25, 2013 1:02PM PDT
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E-mail, chat, & VoIP forum: Need e-mail program with audible
Jun 3, 2013 8:51PM PDT

You can use Microsoft Outlook ,Configure hotmail account on Outlook and create a rule "Play a select sound" whule receive mail.also you can use mozilla thunderbird