MacBook Pro Random Alert Pluck Sound

Was researching as I kept hearing what sounded like a guitar pluck sound randomly with my new MacBook Pro. I found a post on the support forums with the same questions but couldn't answer there so I'm posting a new message to inform those that are being driven crazy by this sound.
Microsoft Entourage appears to play this sound when it checks mail and there is "No New Mail" which means you might hear it every 5 minutes or every hour depending on your settings and how many accounts it checks.
You can go into the Preferences>>General Preferences>>Notifications to turn off the alert sounds. Not sure why anybody needs an alert that they have no mail except to drive them absolutely crazy.
Hope this helps somebody. I can now work in peace.
-mt

HUMM ... $MS$ ... HUMM Must have been put in the code by a 'no email' developer
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I had already given my MacBook to dad, but in Slovakia they have horrible laws towards customers. The reseller has taken 2 weeks just to make a statement, which is ridiculous since I had sent the MacBook along with a detailed description of the problem and printed Apple article. It seems they have found the machine to be faulty and took another 30 days to fix it.
I am more than happy to hear that Apple in this case promises to replace the logic board free of charge. It is a powerful machine and I don't want to replace it yet, but if I were about to pay for a new logic board I would consider buying a new laptop.
Next time I would want to buy anything from Apple I would to one of official Apple stores in Austria, although it seem that not all the employees can diagnose certain issues the quality of service must be incomparable. These almost two months without MacBook, or Photoshop, have ruined my chances to participate in a countrywide student's projects competition, I must wait for the next year and that would be the last chance since I would be leaving high school.

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