lost evolution new mail sound

[rplantz]

I just upgraded from 7.10 to 8.04. Now I cannot set Evolution's new mail arrival sound. I do get a beep, but I used to be able to set a sound.

Help for Evolution claims:

New Mail Notifications:
Evolution can alert you to the arrival of new mail with a beep or by playing a sound file. Choose your alert noise, or select none, as you prefer. You can choose not to notify on new mail arrival.

but I don't see it.

Does anyone else have this same problem?

[canadianwriterman]

You're right, it's gone from the preferences menu. However, it works if you go to Edit > Plugins > Mail Notification, open the Configuration tab and select a notification sound at the bottom. I had to restart to get it activated.

[rplantz]

...go to Edit > Plugins > Mail Notification, open the Configuration tab and select a notification sound at the bottom. I had to restart to get it activated.

Thank you! It actually makes some sense. Now someone needs to fix the help documentation.

[sgtkazz]

I've changed my Mail Notification in the Plugin for Evolution and it will not play the sound. It will play the 'beep' but will not play 'any' WAV files. This is still a bug IMO.

[christianvaldes]

I've changed my Mail Notification in the Plugin for Evolution and it will not play the sound. It will play the 'beep' but will not play 'any' WAV files. This is still a bug IMO.

Hey I really liked this feature.
The exact same thing happen to me.
Is there any fix?

[ricky08]

Also got the same problem. Evolution will play the default system beep (from the pc speaker), but this is very quiet and easily missed.

I have tried setting a new .wav file sound in

Edit > Plugins > Mail Notification > Configuration

But the sound will not play from the test icon, or when new mail is received. I've also re-started evolution to no avail.

Is this a bug in Evolution, or am I using an incompatible sound file format (i.e. .wav). Do I need an ogg or something similar?.

Cheers,

Ricky

ps, now 3-weeks into UBUNTU from XP, and NO GOING BACK - EVER !!!

[mykrob]

got the same problem here. It worked fine in the beta, but after a clean install of the finished product, no sound on incoming email.

[clever]

My sound won't play for a new email either. I configure a sound file in the Mail Notification plugin, but the "Play" button to test the sound doesn't do anything.

Have any of you guys found a solution?

[dcstar]

My sound won't play for a new email either. I configure a sound file in the Mail Notification plugin, but the "Play" button to test the sound doesn't do anything.

Have any of you guys found a solution?

Works perfectly on my 8.04 system.

[prostar]

Neither beep, nor sound file works for me (tried .wav and .mp3). Also, does anyone know how to:

- Get sound for calendar events?
- Make calendar reminders repeat by default?

EDIT: Using 8.10 with backports enabled.

Thanks