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Lost sound for new mail

Mail no longer makes a sound when new email arrives. The sound I use is shows up in Preferences > General > *New messages sound* and when I select it there, it plays the sound. But yet when new email arrives there is no sound. Any ideas? Thanks

Unibody MacBook - 24" Cinema Display, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Jan 19, 2011 5:41 AM

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Jan 24, 2011 3:15 AM in response to Larry McJunkin

I have just been experiencing the same issue. I was testing the problem by sending myself an email from my iPad. Each time I sent an email I would receive it okay, but without sound. Sending from my Mac to myself worked fine on both the outgoing and the incoming.


This is the crazy part.... My iPad was set to mute when I sent the emails, and when I set the mute switch to off the sound incoming mail sound played just fine on my Mac. I tested this about a dozen time and each time it worked without fail.

Lost sound for new mail

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