Why do alerts go away after 30 seconds?
If I'm away from my desk when an email comes in, the alert comes up and goes
away before I get back so I am never notified of new mail.

This should be configurable so it will stay up as long as I want whether it
be 30 seconds or 30 days!

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R Stewart R wrote:

Why do alerts go away after 30 seconds?
If I'm away from my desk when an email comes in, the alert comes up
and goes away before I get back so I am never notified of new mail.

This should be configurable so it will stay up as long as I want
whether it be 30 seconds or 30 days!

See this: http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/mailalert2003.htm
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]