Evolution - Ubuntu 8.04

[Frans]

On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 08:05:42 -0400, Rob wrote:

> Does anyone know how to change the received mail audible notification in
> Evolution from a "system beep" to a sound of your choosing.  I've been
> through all the options (that I can reasonably discover) and see nothing
> that can be changed to make this alteration.
> 
> Many thanks in advance.
> 
> Rob

help -> contents -> Mail Preferences -> General Mail Settings says at the 
end:

New Mail Notifications:

<quote>
Evolution can alert you to the arrival of new mail with a beep or by 
playing a sound file. Choose your alert noise, or select none, as you 
prefer. You can choose not to notify on new mail arrival. You can also 
configure sound alert in the Mail notification plugin configuration. For 
that select Edit > Plugins > New Mail Notifications.
</quote>

If I go to edit -> preferences -> Mail Preferences under the 'general' 
tab I do *not* have that option ...

So I tried the other method quoted above:
Edit > Plugins > New Mail Notifications.

Under Edit > Plugins there is no 'New Mail Notifications' plugin listed 
but there /is/ a 'Mail Notifications' plugin listed.
I selected that and under the tab 'configuration' I got the option to 
choose the audible notification.

When I hit 'play' I got the system beep, changing to 'play sound file' 
and hitting 'play' I got no sound, although the sound file I had selected 
plays fine with aplay ...

At least the help system is inaccurate.

Maybe you should file a bug report on Launchpad.

Good luck!

    -Frans