New Mail Sound in Alpine?

[Linux for blind general discussion]

On Wed, 10 Jun 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> Can any1 please inform why I am not getting a beep for new mail, or how 
> to fixit?

The relevant setting is quell-status-message-beeping

I still get beeps for messages like IMAP timeout disconnection prompts, 
but this setting will stop the new message beeps.

> I would actually prefer running pine verses alpine, but we cannot build 2005 
> software.

Curious why you'd prefer Pine to Alpine.

Cheers,
Geoff.