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Audible alert for specific email address method?
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I tried this but could not get it to make the specific sound I chose in VIP mode.
For VIP mode I want a loud, sustained sound so i chose "Presto"
Normal mail is "Chord" sound which is quieter.
It keeps playng "Chord" when i get VIP mail.
For VIP mode I want a loud, sustained sound so i chose "Presto"
Normal mail is "Chord" sound which is quieter.
It keeps playng "Chord" when i get VIP mail.
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Do you also have sound notification enabled for regular mail as well, not just VIP? Are you sure you added the sender to the VIP list and Mail identifies the new message that comes in as such?
Off topic because it doesn't help with your email issue, but I just recently read about a pretty intense feature in iOS called Emergency Bypass -- it lets you specify that calls or texts from a specific contact will always make a sound, even if your phone is otherwise silence, on Do Not Disturb, etc.
Yes. i think it is because gmail is fetch on apple ios app so the sound only occurs when i open up mail!!!
i have airmail and it seems to be push. emails come quick.
i am trying google mail app but cannot see any options for vip notifications.
i have airmail and it seems to be push. emails come quick.
i am trying google mail app but cannot see any options for vip notifications.
I am using Apple Mail, Airmail and Google mail apps.
Nothing seems to work reliably.
Is there a way to set apple mail to push?
Nothing seems to work reliably.
Is there a way to set apple mail to push?
Gmail doesn't really support push in iOS. Some third party apps do it using some other methods like storing your credentials and so forth, but the Mail app doesn't do something like that and without Gmail offering it can only do fetch basically.
You can set up an alert a different way.
If your cell provider has an email to text feature (like Verizon's "yournumber"@vtext.com) you could set up a filter at Gmail to forward the person's email to that text email address. Then set up the notification sound accordingly.
Alternately, you could add another, "dummy" email account with a louder sound and have Gmail forward the specific person's email to that address.
If your cell provider has an email to text feature (like Verizon's "yournumber"@vtext.com) you could set up a filter at Gmail to forward the person's email to that text email address. Then set up the notification sound accordingly.
Alternately, you could add another, "dummy" email account with a louder sound and have Gmail forward the specific person's email to that address.
I see that Presto is a ringtone. Try using a alert tone from the alert tone list. I use the alert tone Bloom.