Whay are Sent messages marked as unread?

[Guest]

Hello - I have machines running Outlook 2003 clients all patched up in an
exchange/windows environment. Why is that Outlook tells you that you have
unread messages in your sent folder? (indicated by a number next to the
folder). Does it make sense that you would have unread emails in your sent
folder? One machine in particular has 1 unread email in the sent folder until
I open it. Outlook then tells me that I have none. I close and restart
Outlook and then it tells me that I have 1 unread email again. Weird. Any
help is greatly appreciated.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Hello - I have machines running Outlook 2003 clients all patched up
in an exchange/windows environment. Why is that Outlook tells you
that you have unread messages in your sent folder? (indicated by a
number next to the folder).

Is the number blue and in parentheses, or green and in brackets?

 

[Guest]

Thanks Brian. The numbers are blue and in parenthesis.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Thanks Brian. The numbers are blue and in parenthesis.

Normally, Sent Items will not appear as unread unless they are manipulated,
as with a rule.