Turn on email notifications

Note: If you are not starting out, the links below (to turn on notifications) may no longer exist

In that case, open Gmail, click the Settings gear icon in the top right corner, select See all settings

Then scroll down to Desktop notifications, and select New mail notifications on.  Then click Save Changes.

1. Click all of the following 

2. Once you click the “Ok” link in the bottom-left corner of the image above, the dialog box shown below will appear.

    Click “Allow”

3. You should see a new message in the bottom-left corner that says “Chat notifications are now enabled”