Q:

Outlook does not show desktop notifications on a message receive

I have a number of accounts in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, a folder for each and a rule which moves message for appropriate folder. Also it has to show a desktop notification.
But it doesn't!
I have enabled an option to showing notification for root incoming folder but 99.99% of my messages goes to sub-folders and absolutely quietly.

A:

Found this info:

"It only works on the Inbox folder" By
  default the new New Mail Desktop Alert
  will only show when the mail is
  delivered to the Inbox (as the option
  says as well in Tools-> Options->
  button E-mail Options-> button
  Advanced E-mail Options). This means
  that when you have a rule configured
  to move your mail to a different
  folder the Notification won’t show.
To workaround this you can add the
  action "display a Desktop Alert" to
  each and every rule. Besides the fact
  that it is very tiresome, the real
  downside of this is that when you are
  in an Exchange organization the rule
  will become a local rule so that it
  will only execute when Outlook is
  running. This means that when you have
  added extra actions to the rule, like
  forwarding it to another address, this
  action won’t be executed either.
A better solution it to create a
  generic rule with no conditions and
  just the action to display the Desktop
  Alert.

1.Tools-> Wizards and Alerts… (press OK if you get an HTTP warning) 
2.Button New Rule… 
3.Select "Start from a blank rule" and verify that "Check messages when they arrive" is selected 
4.Press Next to go to the Conditions screen 
5.Verify that no condition is selected and press Next 
6.A warning will pop-up stating that this rule will apply to all messages. Press "Yes" to indicate that that is correct 
7.Select the action "display a Desktop Alert" 
8.Press Finish to complete the rule 
9.If needed move the "display a Desktop Alert" rule all the way to the top 

Here: http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/mailalert2003.htm#always_alert
Sounds like what you're running into.

