How to know if new email has arrived in sub folder?

[Guest]

How can I set Outlook 2002 to automatically open the folder tree when new
mail arrives in a sub folder? I have set up my folders as described by others
here. For example I have folders called 'Family' and another 'Friends', each
with sub folders Wei, John, Luc, Surinder etc. When new mail arrives it goes
into the correct sub folder but I cannot tell it is there. If I open all the
main folders I will see the unread mail in Surinder's subfolder in BOLD. I
don't always remember to open each folder and so I miss the new mail. There
must be a rule I've forgotten, can someone help please?

 

[DL]

I dont think you can, allthough perhaps progromatically, Can you not leave
your Folder View with the folders expanded, then you will see the 'Bold'

 

[Diane Poremsky]

you can't configure - it either expands on its own or it doesn't.

 

[Guest]

I had to re install all my software on to a new hard drive and since then the
folders do not expand even though new mail has been directed to them. Two
replies (thank you) indicate this is not something I can get back. Either is
does or it doesn't! Has anyone else had this experience and fixed it?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Yes, I have experienced it and the Outlook Gods smiled on me - meaning I
have no clue when it was fixed or how. (Outlook 2003 and 2007)

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After furious head scratching, Louise wrote:

| I had to re install all my software on to a new hard drive and since
| then the folders do not expand even though new mail has been directed
| to them. Two replies (thank you) indicate this is not something I can
| get back. Either is does or it doesn't! Has anyone else had this
| experience and fixed it?
|
| "Diane Poremsky" wrote:
|
|| you can't configure - it either expands on its own or it doesn't.
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|| ||| How can I set Outlook 2002 to automatically open the folder tree
||| when new mail arrives in a sub folder? I have set up my folders as
||| described by others
||| here. For example I have folders called 'Family' and another
||| 'Friends', each
||| with sub folders Wei, John, Luc, Surinder etc. When new mail
||| arrives it goes
||| into the correct sub folder but I cannot tell it is there. If I
||| open all the
||| main folders I will see the unread mail in Surinder's subfolder in
||| BOLD. I
||| don't always remember to open each folder and so I miss the new
||| mail. There
||| must be a rule I've forgotten, can someone help please?

 

[Judy Gleeson \(MVP Outlook\)]

there are Outlook Gods? I hope they help us!

Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook
Outlook trainer and author of Productiv_IT with Outlook

read my articles here: www.judygleeson.com
www.acorntraining.com.au
Canberra, Australia

Joseph Joubert
To teach is to learn twice.
"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"

 

[Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]]

While waiting for any Outlook God, I'd prefer to re-organize the system
myself: Assign categories to the incoming emails instead of sorting them
into different folders. Then switch to a view by categories.

Via the context menu (right click on a category) you can collapse all
categories, which allows you to scroll quickly through even large lists. A
bold header indicates that the category has unread items and while
collapsed, each category even displays the number of unread items.

--
Viele Gruesse / Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook
Organize Outlook email:
<http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?id=2006063&cmd=detail&lang=en&pub=6>

Am Sun, 24 Jun 2007 09:39:00 -0700 schrieb Louise:

 

[Judy Gleeson \(MVP Outlook\)]

Very nice solution! As usual - categories rather than folders works best.

Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook
Outlook trainer and author of Productiv_IT with Outlook

read my articles here: www.judygleeson.com
www.acorntraining.com.au
Canberra, Australia

Joseph Joubert
To teach is to learn twice.

 

[Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]]

I call it: Categories whenever possible - folders only if necessary.

--
Viele Gruesse / Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook
Organize eMails:
<http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?id=2006063&cmd=detail&lang=en&pub=6>


Am Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:42:55 +1000 schrieb Judy Gleeson (MVP Outlook):

 

[Mike H]

Yes, I have experienced it and the Outlook Gods smiled on me - meaning I
have no clue when it was fixed or how. (Outlook 2003 and 2007)

Well, I was just browsing through here as I updated my message stores
and saw this thread.

I, too, have experienced non-expanding mailboxes, if that's an
additional problem raised here. The problem always stemmed from lack of
effective "read" permissions on the mailbox and subcontainers.

I'm wondering if Louise, when she restored her mailbox store, put it in
the same folder path with the same permissions and ownership.

FWIW

 

[Guest]

You wrote.....
"A bold header indicates that the category has unread items and while
collapsed, each category even displays the number of unread items."
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This is what I was trying to explain about the folders. It used to be that
they would have a bold header showing unread items etc.
I don't understand why it stopped happening unless it was an old version of
Outlook that was updated when I reinstalled everything. In which case, why
would a good feature be removed?
Someone mention Outlook Gods? ggrrrr!!