Can a new e-mail message event wake up a monitor?
 

When my laptop is running on battery, I have the screen set to go
blank in 1 minute. This tremendously lengthens the amount of operation
I can get from a full charge.

However, I find myself quite often sliding my finger across the touch
pad to wake up the screen so I can check to see if I have any new e-
mail.

It would be really cool if an Outlook add-in existed which would wake
up your screen automatically when you receive a new e-mail.

Does anyone know if such a tool exists?

Can a new e-mail message event wake up a monitor?
 

afaik, there is no such tool. why not turn on sound so you can hear it
arrive?

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When my laptop is running on battery, I have the screen set to go
blank in 1 minute. This tremendously lengthens the amount of operation
I can get from a full charge.

However, I find myself quite often sliding my finger across the touch
pad to wake up the screen so I can check to see if I have any new e-
mail.

It would be really cool if an Outlook add-in existed which would wake
up your screen automatically when you receive a new e-mail.

Does anyone know if such a tool exists?

Can a new e-mail message event wake up a monitor?
 

Thanks for the suggestion.

I do have a sound turned on for new e-mail, however, I mute my laptop
when in meetings because such a sound is disruptive, even at the
lowest volume.

I created an add-in for Outlook which can share calendar items to
other Outlook users, with or without Exchange. I may simply find the
Windows API function for waking up the screen and put something in
that tool to do this.