Change Popup Email Notifications in Outlook

Change Popup Email Notifications in Outlook

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Do you wish that pop up email notification would go away faster?  Or perhaps you want it to linger longer so you can click on it to open the email?

There is a quick way to control how the pop up email notification (also known as the Desktop Alert) acts and looks in Outlook 2007 .

1. Go to Tools , then Options in the menu
2. On the preferences tab, in the E-mail section click on the E-mail Options … button
3. Then click on the Advanced E-mail Options … button
4. Then click on the Desktop Alert Settings … button

From this window you can control how long your Desktop Alerts appear for, and how transparent they are.

By default, your email notification will appear for 7 seconds.  The minimum you can set this to is 3 seconds, the maximum is 30 seconds. As for transparency, the default is 20%.  It can be solid (0%) or can go to a maximum of 80% transparency.  Any more and you couldn’t see it!