->[O2007]: Having number of unread messages shown in folders? <-

[Steve JORDI]

Hi,
I'd like to know whether it's possible to have each folder shown in
bold when they contain unread messages (moved by a rule for example)
with a number of unread messages?


Just did some testing with Oulook 2007.
Created a rule to move all incoming messages sent from a test account
to a "Misc" folder within another folder called "External".

When getting a message and applying the rule, Outlook opens the
"External" folder (what I already dislike) and then shows the "Misc"
folder in bold and sufixed with "(1)"
Now if I collapse the "External" folder, then I have no way to know
that it contains unread messages. Should also be bold with "(1)" next
to it (or total of unread messages in subfolders).

I had this in shareware apps and in the ugly Lotus Notes at work.

From what I heard, it works like this in Outlook 2003. But what about
2007?

I don't want to go to the "Search Folder" and check the "Unread
messages". This one takes forever to search for unread messages (since
I am under XP and indexing doesn't work -- no! not even with
DesktopSearch since this one is not usable under XP...) and also
doesn't really show the tree structure.

Any way to have (all collapsed!)
Inbox(17)
Misc
External (12) <-- not automatically expanded
Trash

and when manually expanding External, see something like
External
|- Misc (8)
|- Trips
|- Family (1)
|- Expenses (2)
|- Car
|- Running (1)


Thanks for any help.

Sincerely,
Steve JORDI

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[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

That is not possible in outlook - any version. What happened in some
versions was that when rules moved a message the folder tree expanded to
show the folder. I'm not aware of any addins that will do it - an unread
search folder is the best option.

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[Steve JORDI]

That is not possible in outlook - any version. What happened in some
versions was that when rules moved a message the folder tree expanded to
show the folder. I'm not aware of any addins that will do it - an unread
search folder is the best option.

Ok then,
thanks for your input...
Too bad. I'll give up rules then and sort them manually, I'm sure this
way not to miss anything.


Sincerely,
Steve JORDI

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[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

When getting a message and applying the rule, Outlook opens the
"External" folder (what I already dislike) and then shows the "Misc"
folder in bold and sufixed with "(1)"
Now if I collapse the "External" folder, then I have no way to know
that it contains unread messages. Should also be bold with "(1)" next
to it (or total of unread messages in subfolders).

So don't use subfolders. Put the destination folders at the same level as
Inbox, Outbox, and all the other Outlook-supplied folders. You can't miss the
new messages then.

 

[Steve JORDI]

So don't use subfolders. Put the destination folders at the same level as

Inbox, Outbox, and all the other Outlook-supplied folders. You can't miss the
new messages then.

That's an idea, but in that case it won't work. I have about 80
folders total and they're organized.
No problem, I'll continue to get everything into my Inboxes and sort
them manually.


Sincerely,
Steve JORDI

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