Generate an alert in Outlook if I don't receive an email

Question

Everyday I have to receive an email xyz.

Is there any plugin for Outlook (or whatever) to get an alert if I don't receive the email?

Answer 1

If you set a filter to alert you when you receive a message, and possibly even move it to a special folder then you can also set a reminder to ask you, if you have received the email you need today. And you would have a visual indicator, if there is not an unread message.

OR depending on your outlook version, write a simple vba script to check that special folder for an unread message as a scheduled event. If there isn't one alert you.

Answer 2

Assuming you get any new message on a regular basis, you could use rules to check that a "got mail from xyz" has been set in the past 24 hours. Otherwise, the only alternative I see is a custom Outlook add-in (or some VBA macros) that set a timer which goes off every 5 (or whatever) minutes.

Answer 3

I don't know about plugins that do what you ask.

You could start with creating a rule. Hopefully the required email has something you can use to reliably identify it. For example: it always comes from a certain sender or it always has certain text in the subject line. The rule could move the email to a specific folder that you can watch for a new, unread message. There are other options for what to do that can be combined with moving the email.