More likely you're using the Unread Messages view and those items are just excluded by the filter.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
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http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Arnarama" wrote in message ...
Messages in inbox delete when closing after reading? They do not appear in
the messages deleted folder.