Deleting Items with Rules Wizard Leaves Mail Icon in System Tray

[Guest]

Deleting items with Rules Wizard Leaves the Envelope (mail)Icon showing in
the System Tray even when no unread items remain in the inbox. How can I
make Outlook remove the envelope icon when its meant to? I am using Outlook
2000 SR-1.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Deleting items with Rules Wizard Leaves the Envelope (mail)Icon
showing in the System Tray even when no unread items remain in the
inbox.

True statement.

How can I make Outlook remove the envelope icon when its
meant to? I am using Outlook 2000 SR-1.

Outlook displays the icon when a message arrives in the Inbox. It has no
way of knowing that subsequently a rule is going to move the message out of
the inbox.

 

[Guest]

This has been "fixed" in 2003, which is unfortunate -- now I have no way of
knowing that I have received a new message when it is moved to one of many
folders unless I just happen to see it.

Carl

 

[Brian Tillman]

This has been "fixed" in 2003, which is unfortunate -- now I have no
way of knowing that I have received a new message when it is moved to
one of many folders unless I just happen to see it.

Add the "display a Desktop Alert" action to your rule.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

use the search folder for unread messages.

This has been "fixed" in 2003, which is unfortunate -- now I have no way of
knowing that I have received a new message when it is moved to one of many
folders unless I just happen to see it.

Carl