E-mail notifier?

Matrix · 23-09-2003, 13:23

Since everyone here plays Play By [u]E-mail</u>'s, I suppose you all know often enough when you got an e-mail. I wonder whether everyone is familiar of the easiness and handiness of e-mail notifiers.

I myself use ICQ. It checks my e-mail every minute and when I receive one I click to open Outlook Express. Before that I didn't play PBEM's, but when I was waiting for an important e-mail, I minimized Outlook Express. But it's very annoying to have something minized all the time: fills up the taskbar and alt-tab menu.

Lt. Killer M · 23-09-2003, 13:28

I just keep the Bat open, it has a pop up option that annoys me so much I have it turned off.......

Plux · 23-09-2003, 13:36

I used to have Outlook minimized, but that kept crashing, especially during civ3, and would make sounds every minute, regardless if I actually received something. So now I have Mozilla's mail client minimized

. I like it so far, it also has a notification popup, but this one really works.

digger760 · 23-09-2003, 13:57

i use ICQ and it is linked to my yahoo account for email notifications. I think it is better than hotmail for notications cos it stays flashing until you check what is there. If i walked awat from my pc with hotmail notifications i would miss them.

ERIKK · 23-09-2003, 18:41

Since I bought 256MB extra I dont worry anymore about the task bar, I usually have 6 windows open and use alt-tab all the time!

View Poll Results: E-mail notifier?
Yes, I have one.	2	28.57%
No, I haven't. I just check my e-mail very often (I minimize Outlook).	5	71.43%
No. I send and receive PBEM's by post.	0	0%
Voters: 7. You may not vote on this poll

23-09-2003, 13:23	#1
Matrix Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Tampere, Finland Posts: 4,828	E-mail notifier? Since everyone here plays Play By [u]E-mail</u>'s, I suppose you all know often enough when you got an e-mail. I wonder whether everyone is familiar of the easiness and handiness of e-mail notifiers. I myself use ICQ. It checks my e-mail every minute and when I receive one I click to open Outlook Express. Before that I didn't play PBEM's, but when I was waiting for an important e-mail, I minimized Outlook Express. But it's very annoying to have something minized all the time: fills up the taskbar and alt-tab menu. __________________

23-09-2003, 13:28	#2
Lt. Killer M Emperor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: HAWK!. Posts: 4,365	I just keep the Bat open, it has a pop up option that annoys me so much I have it turned off....... __________________ One more turn..... just one more turn... one MORE!

23-09-2003, 13:36	#3
Plux King Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,213	I used to have Outlook minimized, but that kept crashing, especially during civ3, and would make sounds every minute, regardless if I actually received something. So now I have Mozilla's mail client minimized . I like it so far, it also has a notification popup, but this one really works.

23-09-2003, 13:57	#4
digger760 King Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Fake Dog Poo Factory. Posts: 1,887	i use ICQ and it is linked to my yahoo account for email notifications. I think it is better than hotmail for notications cos it stays flashing until you check what is there. If i walked awat from my pc with hotmail notifications i would miss them.

23-09-2003, 18:41	#5
ERIKK Moderator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Netherlands!. Posts: 2,636	Since I bought 256MB extra I dont worry anymore about the task bar, I usually have 6 windows open and use alt-tab all the time!