I use several e-mails accounts for my various activities: one is for urgent business matters, another is for friends and fun, etc.

Do you also have several accounts? Then I would recommend you to set your e-mail client in such a way that each account has its own individual 'voice' (sound e-mail notification). I've done it and now even if I'm not at the computer but in another room I always know by the sound at which account a new message comes. The sound of a police alarm means something business-like and urgent, Bolero by Ravel stands for TC forum messages, when I hear The Beatles singing 'Send me a postcard, drop me a line' it means... well, I won't tell you what it means... but I think you've already got the idea.

But you may ask me: Where to get those sounds?

First of all try to search... your own computer: go to Start > Search and type *.wav in the search line. You will be surprised to see how many sound files live in your PC.

If you haven't managed to find something to your taste in your computer you can try to find sound files in the Internet. Many web sites offer free downloads of such files.

One of the best sites of this kind is EmailGifsandSounds. Below you can see only a small fraction of their huge collection (you can preview all the sounds online and download those you like):

Dingdong (de ECHTE en ORIGINELE van de NS)		(1279)
You got mail baby, yeah		(995)
Je hebt nieuwe email! Moet je wel effe lezen		(765)
Ding, dong. New email		(706)
AOL Original		(688)
"Yabbadabbadoo" (Flinstones)		(659)
You have new mail		(625)
You've got freakin' mail (Dr. Evil)		(610)
Captain, incoming message		(602)
Transfer complete, your electronic message have arrived		(579)
Dededidododo		(533)
Jeetje! Post!		(532)
Ja, gutentag, u hebt nieuwe email bekommen ja		(520)
Lachend kindje		(514)
You got some mail		(500)
Master, I have mail for you		(481)
Pacman I		(453)
Er ligt op dit moment een brief voor je in het postvakje ...		(451)
(a gunshot) Oh I'm sorry, did I break your concentration		(422)
"Tarzan yell" (de originele)		(404)
Quess what sexy, you have mail		(396)
Excuse me for disturbing you sir, but new mail has arrived		(390)
Email! Je hebt nieuwe email! Moet je wel effe lezen (houseversie)		(378)
What's this? A letter. For me!		(376)
Hallelujah		(374)
Wolf		(341)
Mail's in!		(335)
"Erotisch emailtje"		(328)
You have 937 messages, all of which are urgent		(317)
Koekoeksklok		(317)
Message for you, sir		(315)
Opgepast, daar is een berichtje binnengekomen, ja!		(312)
You got mail, cowboy		(311)
You got mail. That gonna be cool. Ya		(305)
Yes! You have new mail. Yahoo!		(303)
Windows (uit India)		(301)
Send me a postcard, drop me a line		(301)
New mail has arrived		(299)
Attention, check the message on screen now		(296)
There's a letter in your mailbox		(283)