How to Create Email Alerts
If you're expecting an important email but don't have time to constantly check your email account, sign up for sound and/or mobile alerts. Sound alerts are ideal for when you have multiple Web pages up and running at the same time. You can listen for a new alert as you work. Once you hear the sound, check your email. Mobile alerts work in a similar way. You can request text messages whenever selected senders send you an email. Both services are free; however, some fees may apply.
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Instructions
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Sound alerts for email
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Sign in to your email account as directed by your email provider.
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Click on the "Options" button and then click "More Options" to set up a sound alert in Yahoo!. Check the "Sound Alerts" box, which will allow sound to play whenever a new chat or text message is received. Gmail users must click on the "My Account" link and scroll down to the "Alerts" button.
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Choose the type of alert you wish to set up. Decide how often you wish to receive the new alert(s). Confirm your email address.
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Save your changes.
Mobile alerts for email
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Sign into your email account so you can sign up for mobile alerts, which is a separate feature from email alerts. Mobile alerts notify you by text message when a specific sender has sent you a new email.
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Follow the instructions provided. Hotmail users must join Windows Live for Mobile, whereas Yahoo! users must join "Yahoo! Mobile." For a Hotmail account, click "Options" and then "More Options." Scroll down to "Customize Your Mail" and click "Mobile Alerts for New Messages." Sign up for Windows Live Mobile. For a Yahoo! account, click "Mobile." Enter your cell phone number and click "Send a Link to My Phone." Open the text message and confirm the link.
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Select a filter condition for how you want to receive mobile alerts. For example, do you prefer hourly or daily alerts. Decide if there is a maximum number of alerts you wish to receive.
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Save your changes.
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Tips & Warnings
Sound alerts are free of charge.
Standard text messaging rates apply for mobile alerts.
References
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