[SoCoSA/discuss] OE6 - chimes on *check*?

[Christopher Wagner]

I wouldn't be surprised if it's giving off an error sound if there's a
problem with the send/receive operation.  There may also be another folder
somewhere that receiving messages.

Have you actually looked at the machine in question?

- Chris

On Thu, May 18, 2006 10:07 am, Steve S. wrote:
> H'lo, all -- got an odd problem with Outlook Express 6; my 1st pass thru
> Google
> didn't help me (search 1 -- 5 results, none relevant; search 2 -- 900
> results,
> 1st 3 pages irrelevant but haven't gone through all of 'em); over on
> microsoft.com
> it's 7000-11000 results.  :-/     I suspect I need better search-terms.
>
> It falls into the category of "annoyance" rather than an actual
> work-stopper...
>
> One of my users had a complaint that her OE6 (6.00.2800.1123) has begun to
> "chime" or sound a bell (just as if a new message was rec'd, but there'd
> be no
> new message), though she says she "hasn't changed anything" (when do they
> EVER admit to chaning things?)  She now tells me that she's pretty sure
> it's
> chiming every time it *checks* for a message, whether or not a new message
> is there.
>
> I see where to turn the chime on/off upon receipt of a new message, but
> nothing
> for *checking*...  Has anyone met this, and does anyone know of a fix?
>
> Any hints appreciated.
>
>
> - Steve S.
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