It would be nice if Outlook provides an event for incoming email. I have checked the list of supported events at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/outlook/autolaunch . Strangely i ...
I think an incoming message event is great, but the examples you provided don't seem to fit that well. If the user doesn't have the app open then your actions wouldn't be performed. Those specific examples are better left to rules or some other mechanism that works even when the user is logged out.