>>>>>>If Outlook Express is running in the background and an E-mail comes in, it rings the system bell.
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>>>>>>It would be nice if UT could do the same thing on receipt of a new forum message.
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>>>>>It can, for messages that are addressed to you, and messages in your private box. You can set this in your profile.
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>>>>Thanks, Erik. Didn't see the little check box when I last updated my account.
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>>>You're welcome. So did you hear it with this reply? :-)
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>>Actually, no. I wonder if the sysops review profile changes before they go into effect? BTW, what .WAV file is supposed to be played? The system default (i.e. DING.WAV)?
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>I thought they were supposed to be automatic. I doubt that the sysops want to review every change like that.
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>The sound play through the browser with a BGSOUND tag in the auto-refreshed page in the lower left corner. It's a strange sort of squealing sound, and the private mesasge sound is a honk-honk. You might check that your browser has sounds enabled.

I just checked, sounds are enabled. I'm (still) running on NT 3.51, so both IE and OE, although version 5, are 16-bit. OTOH, OE seems to work fine as a ding-a-ling...