You can create desktop alerts for new email notification, and appointment reminders. To receive alerts, your mailbox must be opened.
Email message alerts. You set your preferences in the Preferences>Mail page. Following are the alert options when a message arrives:
Play a sound. You are notified by a beep when a new email arrives in the Inbox. If you have your volume set to mute, you do not hear a sound. You must have either QuickTime or Windows Media installed.
Highlight the Mail tab. The mail tab is highlighted when new email arrives in the Inbox if you are not working in the Mail tab.
Flash the browser title. When new email arrives in the Inbox, the browser flashes until you open the Mail folder.
Show a popup notification. When new mail arrives, a message pops up. You must have Yahoo! BrowserPlus™ installed.
Show reminder alerts in Calendars. You set your preferences on the Preferences>Calendar page. Before you can set an alert, set the time to be reminded of your meeting. A reminder dialog appears at the designated time before the meeting. If you set reminders to Never, you are not reminded of the meeting even if you have the reminder options enabled.
The reminder does not pop up on the top of the page if you are not in Calendar. Enabling one of the following options helps to alert you of the pop-up:
Play a sound. You are notified by a beep when an appointment reminder pops up. If you have your volume set to mute, you will not hear a sound.
Flash the browser title. When an appointment reminder pops up, the browser flashes until you close the pop-up.
In addition to alerts to your computer, you can set up email and SMS notification from within the appointment. You configure the email address and SMS number in Preferences>Notification page.