New email alert - may take a long time to notice

[deBono]

Windows Live Mail application's visual alert too weak. Tray
icon becomes yellow.

SCREENSHOT

Microsoft hasn't answered my inquiry about this matter, that I
sent to them 1-2 months ago.

SUMMARY:

I run Windows XP and use Windows Live Mail which is a
program – I don’t mean Windows Live Mail on the web. When I
receive new e-mail, I would really need that a window comes up
announcing the new mail and that the window stays there until I
close it down. How can I get this? How do you write a program
that solves this?

DETAILS:

When I receive an email, a sound is played, and the tray icon of
Windows Live Mail becomes a yellow envelope, instead of a white
one. If I’m running Windows Live Messenger as well, then a small
window (“toaster”) comes up announcing that there is new mail.
This window disappears after a second or two. I can only be
logged in on Messenger for one account, so I don’t get the
toaster window for the other accounts that I use Windows Live
Mail with. This toaster window (which comes up for only one
account) and the yellow envelope are not strong enough signals
that there is new mail. I would really need that a window comes
up announcing the new mail and that the window stays there until
I close it down. I use Windows Live Mail version 2008 (build
12.0.1606).

POSSIBLE APPROACH

Maybe you could install a hook to find out when the tray icon
changes, but I don’t know how.