Poco filter FAQ - Custom sound alert by sender

Poco filter FAQ - Custom sound alert by sender

Q: I'd like to see a user preference, program option, or filter tied to incoming mail filters which would allow me to select different WAV files to be played based on who sent me the message.

Or is this already present in the Scripting language (which I don't understand very well)?

 
A: This feature is already there and can be implemented via filters, you don't have to resort to a script. You need to use the "PlaySound" action in the filter.

The steps you have to go through are:

  1. Disable the Sound alert for new mail from your account(s) by:
    1. Opening the "Accounts" form (press F3)
    2. Select the "Optional" tab
    3. De-select the "Sound" checkbox in the "Alerts on new mail" section.
    4. Repeat for all accounts and then close the "Accounts" window.
  2. For each of your filters where you are moving a message to a folder.
  3. Add another action to the filter by checking the "and" box near the bottom right corner.
  4. Right click on the folder name in the first action of the filter and select "Copy"
  5. Paste this action into the second action.
  6. Change the first action to "PlaySound"
  7. Enter the name of the wav file (including path and extension) in the field associated with the 1st action (see the sample below for how the filter should look).
  8. Repeat this for each filter.

Note: This will suppess the normal sound alert you receive so you may want to add another filter or script to run after the filters above. This filter would check for a condition that is always present and use an action of "PlaySound" to play your standard souund alert for those messages. A script can also be used here, the advantage is that the script does not need to check for a condition that is always true.