new mail highlighting

[Ray]

Hi,

Is there a setting in Outlook that tells it to highlight the entire tree
instead of just the one folder when an email folder has new mail in it?

I use subfolders and mail rules to sort my incoming mail into folders,
sometimes 2, 3 or more folders deep. While the folder that has the new mail
is bold, the folders in the tree that the folder is in, is not bold, so if
the folders are collapsed, I do not have a visual to any of the subfolders
with new mail. So, I have to go clicking in different folders to see if
there is new mail in them.

My old Eudora would bold all folders back to the root of each folder that
had new mail in it. As sophisticated as Outlook is, surely it's a setting
that I somehow don't have set and not a oversight.

Thanks,

Ray

 

[Roady [MVP]]

No, Outlook will expand the folder structure to the path of the folder if it
is currently collapsed.
Instead of browsing to the individual folder to read incoming unread mail,
use Search Folders instead.