Within outlook client you are able to turn off email alerts so the box does not appear in the right hand corner this is done on an indvidual basis. Is there anyway of performing this across the network.

Hello, The Outlk11.adm administrative template provides a Group Policy setting to manage that option. Open Group Policy Editor (GPE) and navigate to User Configuration, Administrator Templates, Tools, Options, Preferences, E-mail options, Advanced E-mail options, Desktop Alert. The Check to disable New Mail Desktop Alert policy setting controls the NewmailDesktopAlerts DWORD registry value at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Preferences. The default value data (0) enables alerts. To disable alerts, change the value data to 1.Arun Kumar | MCSE - 2K3 + Messaging | ITIL-F V3