Outlook IMAP folders Rule to mark sent-items read

[Jerry Kidd]

Hi, I am using Outlook 2003 on XP SP2, and everything
works great except for one small annoyance. I am using
IMAP and have a rule that automatically puts a copy of
every email I send into my IMAP "sent-items" folder.
However, Outlook copies these emails as unread. Is there
any way to make a rule that only applies to one IMAP
folder (mark all as read only on the sent-items folder)?
I basically want to mark every email sent to copied to
the sent-items folder as read. Any other ideas?

Thanks,

Jerry
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[Guest]

I too am experiencing this annoyance. Anyone know a work around?

 

[Brian Tillman]

Hi, I am using Outlook 2003 on XP SP2, and everything
works great except for one small annoyance. I am using
IMAP and have a rule that automatically puts a copy of
every email I send into my IMAP "sent-items" folder.
However, Outlook copies these emails as unread. Is there
any way to make a rule that only applies to one IMAP
folder (mark all as read only on the sent-items folder)?
I basically want to mark every email sent to copied to
the sent-items folder as read. Any other ideas?

Outlook does not have the ability to mark outgoing messages as read. My
idea of the logic for the default Items folder is that, if you sent it, you
must already have read it so there's no point in marking it read. However,
an IMAP server is a separate mail store and Outlook is just marking messages
that are new to the folder. Since those messages haven't ever been in that
folder, the must be new, so it marks them as unread.