Important Mail Alert for Outlook

Get a notification for every important message

This plug-in for Microsoft Outlook will notify you immediately when a long-awaited email arrives. You just enter the key text and the add-in pops up an alert once an e-mail containing that text in the Subject, Body, or From fields comes up.

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2019 365 2016 2013
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Important Mail Alert for Microsoft Outlook 2019, 2016, 2013

With Important Mail Alert you will

  • Select the accounts you want to scan Got more than one Inbox? Important Mail Alert lets you select the accounts you want to scan.
  • Сreate a new rule on the fly New rules are created, edited, and deleted in a click.
  • Be sure not to miss the important message The add-in looks for the exact match in the Subject, Body, and From fields of incoming messages.
  • Open the message straight from the add-in pane No need to search for the message in your Inbox to open it.

How to see the important email immediately

Enter the search text and check where to look for it
Enter the search text and check where to look for it
See all your alerts collected in one pane
See all your alerts collected in one pane
In Options, select the account to scan and whether to remove alerts after opening emails
In Options, select the account to scan and whether to remove alerts after opening emails
When important mail arrives, you will see the bright notification
When important mail arrives, you will see the bright notification
See a list of all your important emails and take advantage of the pop-up menu
See a list of all your important emails and take advantage of the pop-up menu

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Frequently asked questions

What is Important Mail Alert and what do I need it for?

Sometimes we have lots of things to do and they all depend on a single message. We wait for it, open Outlook every minute just to see that the long-awaited email isn't there yet. The messages you are waiting for have lots of places where they may get lost: several Outlook accounts, all your Inbox folders, and the main villain - Junk mail folder... Well, not with this doohickey! Wherever the important message comes in Outlook, you can be sure you won't miss it! The alert will come over all other open programs.

How to use Important Mail Alert?

All you do is enter some keyword(s) as alert text and click Enter. It can be the sender's address, message subject or some text from the message body. Now just go on with your other work, open up any other application, you'll see the alert as soon as the message arrives in your Outlook Inbox.

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What if I have my standart Outlook rules?

Important Mail Alert is independent of your standard Outlook rules. Whatever your standard Outlook rules do to the message, wherever they move it, Important Mail Alert will fish it out.

How does the utility work in Outlook?

It works in Outlook with Exchange Server.

Does Important Mail Alert for Outlook work with all my email accounts?

It is up to you. The tool lets you select the accounts you want to scan.

Are there any more useful tools in the Add-ins Collection for Outlook?

Sure! Our Auto BCC for Outlook automatically sends CC and/or BCC copies of your email messages based on simple rules; and Template Phrases lets you reply to an email message with a template and insert frequently-typed phrases in a click.

Supported versions

Microsoft Outlook IconMicrosoft Outlook
  • Outlook included in Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365)
  • Outlook 2019
  • Outlook 2016
  • Outlook 2013
  • 32-bit and 64-bit
  • Note! Office Insider is not supported
Windows IconWindows
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 7
  • 32-bit and 64-bit
  • Note! Windows insider is not supported
  • Note! Surface Pro X and Windows X are not supported