Hi - For some reason which I cannot figure out, when I open OE to my inbox,
the folder name "Inbox" is now shown in RED in the 'folder list' pane. All
the other folders are listed in a black font; and the inbox used to be. The
red color of the font is the same as if one sets a certain message to be
'watched' or if one sets the priority of an individual message to be 'high'.
I can only figure that I must have inadvertently changed some setting but
cannot figure out why this is occurring. I have used OE for some years now
and have never seen this happen before. I'm using OE 6 and WIN XP Home
Edition. Thanks in advance for any and all help.

Check your message rules for a possible explanation. If you move all
messages out of the Inbox to another folder, the color should return to
black if a rule is the cause.

Archiving messages it the Inbox is not recommended either.

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupted. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move
your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created
folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no
folders are open. Then: FileWork Offline (or double click Working Online in
the Status Bar). FileFolderCompact all folders. Don't touch anything until
the compacting is completed.

In ToolsOptionsMaintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"JE Timothy" wrote in message
...
Hi - For some reason which I cannot figure out, when I open OE to my
inbox, the folder name "Inbox" is now shown in RED in the 'folder list'
pane. All the other folders are listed in a black font; and the inbox used
to be. The red color of the font is the same as if one sets a certain
message to be 'watched' or if one sets the priority of an individual
message to be 'high'. I can only figure that I must have inadvertently
changed some setting but cannot figure out why this is occurring. I have
used OE for some years now and have never seen this happen before. I'm
using OE 6 and WIN XP Home Edition. Thanks in advance for any and all
help.

"JE Timothy" wrote in message

Hi - For some reason which I cannot figure out, when I open OE to my
inbox, the folder name "Inbox" is now shown in RED in the 'folder
list' pane. All the other folders are listed in a black font; and the
inbox used to be. The red color of the font is the same as if one
sets a certain message to be 'watched' or if one sets the priority of
an individual message to be 'high'. I can only figure that I must
have inadvertently changed some setting but cannot figure out why
this is occurring. I have used OE for some years now and have never
seen this happen before. I'm using OE 6 and WIN XP Home Edition.
Thanks in advance for any and all help.

That means that there is an unread message in a thread that is marked
Watched.

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Thank you both for all the tips\help! Sure enough, there was an unread
message in my "Inbox" which had somehow been checked as 'watched'. I removed
that setting and all is fine. I have also applied all your tips. Thanks
again.