Check Un-read E-Mail
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How to get Call Soft Pro to read your unread E-Mail.  
 
See Also:  
Get E-mail in a folder by day.  
Search E-mail, in a folder, by subject.  
 
If you have trouble checking E-mail and have the option "run as service" checked on the General tab in setup try closing Call Soft and run it via the Start menu e.g. Start->Programs->Call Soft Pro . If that works consider not running Call Soft as a service but instead run when someone logs on.  
 
This options allows you to retrieve any unread E-Mail in a folder.  
 
If your E-mail client supports MAPI you can have Call Soft read your E-mail to you over the phone.  
 
MAPI stands for Messaging Application Programming Interface. This simply means your E-Mail client can share it's data with other applications. There are two types of MAPI, simple and extended. Call Soft requires your E-Mail client to support extended MAPI. Unfortunately Outlook Express does not support this, however Outlook does.  
 
You will also need to have speech enabled. We also recommend one of the professional voices found on our speech page. Using the standard voices, Microsoft provides, are difficult to understand when used in this capacity.  
 
Call Soft deals with folders not accounts. For example Inbox is a folder, Call Soft can also read any sub mailbox connected to Inbox. So if your E-mail client is receiving mail for more than one person (multiple accounts), and if you want to check mail for a single account, you will need to redirect each account's mail to a folder, then have Call Soft read the mail in that folder. You can do this with Outlook by defining a rule.  
 
If you use Outlook, you might be familiar with it's layout below ( see picture below). In this example, Call Soft would be able to read mail in Inbox, Art's E-Mail, Call Soft, George's E-Mail and Important.  
 
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Here is how to do it:  
 
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Right click on a mailbox, select Properties, go to the Remote Options tab, right click on the list of remote options and select new.  

 
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If Call Soft is unable to connect to the mail system a dialog will appear. This is most likely due to your E-Mail client not supporting extended MAPI. You will need to update or upgrade your client in order to continue.  
 
 
From the drop down list select "Get unread E-mail in a folder" and select the folder you want to get unread E-mail from. Lastly, enter the key to activate the E-Mail read and click OK.  
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Your list of remote options will now look something like this. Click OK to close the mailbox properties window.  
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Test E-Mail reader.  
Make sure you have unread E-mail in the folder you specified above.  
Right click on the mailbox you just configured and select "Test this menu". When the greeting begins to play press 1 or whatever you set your key to activate the E-mail reader.  


 
 
See Also:  
·Checking E-Mail Overview  
·Get E-mail in a folder by day.  
·Search E-mail, in a folder, by subject.