How do I turn down the volume on a system beep ?

[Henrik Frisk]

>> System beeps, ie Evolution receiving a new email are very loud.  How do
>> I turn them down ?
>
> I want to keep the volume I have for media listening, I want to keep the
> system warnings but just at a lower volume.
>
$ xset -b 50

sets the bell volume to 50% of its maximum value. I prefer it off so I
have xset -b off in a startup script.

Hope it helps!

best,

/Henrik