Thunderbird and sound

[Micah]

Andrea Venturoli wrote:
> Any hint on getting a wav file played when new mail arrives?
> I go to preference, click Preview and hear nothing.
> 
> My /dev/dsp0 is free and artsd is managing /dev/dsp1; the latter is 
> where I'd like to hear that sound through.
> 
>  bye & Thanks
>     av.

Is your thunderbird up to date?  I had the same problem for a long time. 
  Then one day after updating thunderbird (fairly recently), play sound 
sudenly started working.

HTH,
Micah