Source [Disable New Mail Desktop Alert for specific accounts][1] > There is not a direct setting for this in Outlook, but you can achieve > this by disabling the generic option to display the New Mail Desktop > Alert and then create a rule to display it again when mail arrives via > your specified account(s). > > **Disabling New Mail Desktop Alert** > > As said, the first step of the process is to disable the generic > option to always display the New Mail Desktop Alert. > > - Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 > > Tools-> Options…-> button: E-mail Options…-> button: Advanced E-mail Options…-> option: Display a New Mail Desktop Alert > > - Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013 > > File-> Options-> Mail-> section: Message arrival-> option: Display a Desktop Alert > > - Uncheck Display a Desktop Alert > ![enter image description here][2] > **Creating a New Mail Desktop Alert rule for specific accounts** > > The next step is to create a rule to display the New Mail Desktop > Alert again but only for the accounts that you select. > > The approach is slightly different for when you want to disable alerts > for only 1 account or multiple. > > **Disable alert for 1 specific account** > > When you have multiple accounts configured and only want to disable > the alerts for 1 specific account, then you need to create the > following rule: > > 1. Open the Rules and Alerts dialog; > - Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 > > Tools-> Rules and Alerts… (press OK if you get an HTTP warning) > - Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013 > > File-> button: Manage Rules & Alerts > > > 2. When you see the “Apply changes to this folder” drop down list at the top, make sure that the account which you want to exclude is > selected here. > > ![enter image description here][3] > > > 3. Button New Rule… > 4. Select “Start from a blank rule” and verify that “Check messages when they arrive” or “Apply rule on message I receive” is selected. > 5. Press Next to go to the Conditions screen. > 6. Verify that no condition is selected and press Next. > 7. A warning will pop-up stating that this rule will apply to all messages. Press “Yes” to indicate that that is correct. > 8. Select the action “display a Desktop Alert”. > 9. Press Next. > 10. Select: except through the specified account > 11. At the bottom, click on “specified” and then select the account for which you want to see the alert. > 12. Press Finish to complete the rule. > > The entire rule will now read as follows: > > Apply this rule after the message arrives > on this computer only > display a Desktop Alert > except through the <account name> account > > For the other email accounts which still need alerts: > > - Repeat steps 1 to 12 **except for 10 and 11** When you had the “Apply changes to this folder” drop down list as mentioned in step 2, > you’ll need to repeat the above steps for all the other accounts > listed but you can then skip step 10 and 11. > > If you do not do this, you won’t see alerts for these accounts. --- Source [New mail envelope and Windows 7][4] >Outlook 2010 >When you are using Outlook 2010 on Windows 7, then the new mail envelope will no longer be displayed in the Notification Area. > > Instead, the icon of Outlook on the Taskbar will actually change to > inform you about a new message. > > Unfortunately, when you’ve set your Taskbar in Windows 7 to use small > icons, you will not get an envelope notification at all. > > In that case you could consider reconfiguring the New Mail Desktop > Alert to be displayed as a permanent notification. > > Note 1: > > The new mail envelope is only being displayed for messages delivered > to the (default) Inbox. For additional accounts you can use a New Mail > Desktop Alert. > > Note 2: > > The option to show/hide the new mail envelope for Outlook can be found > in; > > - Outlook 2007 and previous > > Tools-> Options…-> tab Preferences-> button E-mail Options…-> button Advanced E-mail Options…-> option: Show an envelope in the > notification area > > - Outlook 2010 > > File-> section Options-> section Mail-> option group Message arrival-> option: Show an envelope in the taskbar [1]: http://www.msoutlook.info/question/disable-new-mail-alert-for-specific-accounts [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/vfVmV.png [3]: https://i.sstatic.net/umbQk.png [4]: http://www.msoutlook.info/question/398