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Use sound notification when receiving specific e-mails

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I've recently become a moderator on a forum so I set Thunderbird to give me a sound notification when a new e-mail arrives. But the problem is Thunderbird does this for all e-mails. Is there any way to set the sound notification to work only when an e-mail comes in from a specific source? I would love for it to just do this for that particular forum and not others.

I've recently become a moderator on a forum so I set Thunderbird to give me a sound notification when a new e-mail arrives. But the problem is Thunderbird does this for all e-mails. Is there any way to set the sound notification to work only when an e-mail comes in from a specific source? I would love for it to just do this for that particular forum and not others.

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If you have downloaded the file go to addons-extensions, click the gear icon and select Install from file.

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I have not used this add-on but it claims to do what you want to do. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/tonequilla/?src=ss

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Thanks folks. Where do I need to extract the files to?

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You install the file not extract it. Open the add on tab and select Extensions. Enter tonequilla in the search box and install it.

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Strange, whether I save the file or just download it, when I open it it comes up in WinRAR. You're saying it doesn't need that? If I do as you suggest and search for tonequilla I get this message.

Could not find any matching add-ons.

Also searching Mozilla for this add-on comes up with the message that none of them are compatible with my version of Thunderbird. As far as I know I have the latest version.

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Suluhisho teule

If you have downloaded the file go to addons-extensions, click the gear icon and select Install from file.

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Thanks Airmail. I think it's installed and set up, so now I wait for a new message to see if it works.

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Success, thanks Airmail and Zenos.