[sylpheed:37351] Re: Win 11 experience with Sylpheed

[Gene Goldenfeld]

Oops, sorry, premature. The test email to myself took 15 minutes to activate the Notification system, and a bell came. Dang!

Gene

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On Sat, Aug 16, 2025, at 6:54 AM, Gene Goldenfeld wrote:
> I figured out how to turn off the notification sounds. In Device 
> Manager,>Sound>Sound tab, it's not enough to turn off all the 
> individual sounds, but also set the Sound Scheme at the top to No 
> Sounds. 
>
> I haven't found how to stop the notification popup banner for emails, 
> but they serve a purpose and are more tolerable w/o the sound. 
>
> Gene
>
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> On Sat, Aug 16, 2025, at 1:44 AM, Gene Goldenfeld wrote:
>> Mario,
>>
>> My Sylpheed is a desktop version. Perhaps because I use Mailwasher
>> Pro as an intermediary, I haven't had popups. I do vaguely recall
>> flashing in the Notification area when the icon used to be there, but
>> not a popup and certainly not a banner style pop up. Never any sounds,
>> at least after I turned them off in Windows. I wonder if there is/are
>> settings to stop all this. 
>>
>> Gene
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 08:59:34 +0200 (GMT+02:00)
>> Marco Bresciani <marcobresciani_1974 at libero.it> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Gene,
>>>   I'm using Sylpheed (in portable mode) on Windows since ages and I 
>>> always had the popup when emails came.
>>> 
>>> Not sure about the bell since notifications are usually muted.
>>> I'll let you know, hopefully by today, if someone writes me.
>>> 
>>> Marco
>>> 
>>> 16 ago 2025 08:19:02 Gene Goldenfeld <genegold at fastmail.com>:
>>> 
>>> > Anyone using Sylpheed Win/32 with Win 11 Pro and getting a popup and
>>> > bell (or chime) in the Notification area when emails come? In my
>>> > new install, I have both notifications and sound turned off, but
>>> > every email gets both. In Win 10, there wasn't any of this, so I'm
>>> > not sure what to make of it. Anyone having experience with this, or
>>> > any ideas, welcome. Thanks,
>>> >
>>> > Gene