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mail that is downloaded before outlook is fully loaded may not trigger the 
alerts and rules may not work, so what you see is typical behavior.

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<usenetdg@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> This concerns Outlook 2003 on an XP SP2 computer.
>
> When I start it on my office computer in the morning, it downloads new
> mail from the server, although the new mail desktop alert doesn't show
> up as they come in (why is that - I've always wondered - it shows up
> as new messages come in after my morning download).
>
> But, starting a couple days ago, the "unread mail" icon in the system
> tray doesn't show up in response to those newly-downloaded messages.
> It *does* show up throughout the day as new unread messages appear.
>
> The "show an envelope icon in the notification area" box is checked
> and has always been checked in my Outlook Advanced Email settings.
> I've also read something about "Customize Notifications" in the system
> tray area by the clock, looking for the "You have new unopened items"
> icon and setting it to "Always show" - but I have no such item in my
> notification list.
>
> Again, I get the unread mail icon as unread mail appears during an
> outlook session.  But the icon stopped appearing upon new downloads of
> mail when starting Outlook, and I'd like to get the icon to appear
> again under those circumstances.