Add Background Sound to Emails in Outlook.com

This article remains for archival purposes only.

InOutlook Express,Windows Mail, andWindows Live Mail2009, you could add sound to your emails.

As soon as the recipient opens your email, the music or sound effect plays.

Read to the Tune

Everything is better with some music in the background.

Reading emails to a Tchaikowskian tune is certainly nice.

So, how can you add background sounds that automatically play when the recipient opens the message?

SelectFormat>Background>Soundfrom the menu.

ClickBrowseto grab the sound file you want to play in the background.

To change the sound later, selectFormat>Background>Soundfrom the Windows Mail or Outlook Express menu.

What About Background Sound in Windows Live Mail 2012?

Windows Live Mail 2012 does not offer adding background sound in email messages.

Highlight the content between the quotation marks, as this is the path to the sound file you chose.

Go to theEdittab and continue composing your message.