"freeway29" wrote in message
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i know you got a sound and a tray icon but the only way you see that is
when
you hit your email button to open outlook express 6 and then it checks it
and
lets you know if theres any new mail, what i want to know does it check
it
and let you know without you having to open up the program.


Right. OE doesn't do anything when it's not open. Never has, never will.

You can keep it minimized on the task bar and set to check mail every 30
minutes and it will notify you. If you set it to check every five minutes
your email service should cancel you.

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
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