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    lost evolution new mail sound [SOLVED]

    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?
    Last edited by rplantz; April 25th, 2008 at 05:44 PM. Reason: solved
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    Re: lost evolution new mail sound

    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.

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    Re: lost evolution new mail sound

    Quote Originally Posted by canadianwriterman View Post
    ...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.
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    Re: lost evolution new mail sound

    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.

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    Re: lost evolution new mail sound

    Quote Originally Posted by sgtkazz View Post
    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?

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    Re: lost evolution new mail sound

    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 !!!

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    Re: lost evolution new mail sound

    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.
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    Re: lost evolution new mail sound

    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?

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    Re: lost evolution new mail sound

    Quote Originally Posted by clever View Post
    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.
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    Re: lost evolution new mail sound

    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
    Last edited by prostar; April 30th, 2009 at 03:24 PM.

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