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The infamous unread email flag bug
fpbear wrote:
"Corporate Training Manual for Outlook Section 44.2" ....snip... "This is by design, because when you mark mail read using a rule, Outlook knows you didn't really mean to do that. Whereas if you mark it read by clicking on it, then you must have done it on purpose. This is Outlook's way of protecting you." Too funny. "There is another new protection feature from our IT department: when you configure an automatic Out of Office notification, it won't be sent when you're away from your desk. This is because you are not really out of the office unless you turn off the computer. When you physically press the power button, the notification will be sent." Sorry, but this isn't even close to having the intent you wish, since Outlook DOES send OO messages as soon as you enable the feature. Unless you have your delivery location on a PST, it doesn't matter whether Outlook is running or not, since the Exchange server takes care of the message. You don't have a valid complaint on this one. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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The infamous unread email flag bug
Brad wrote:
Solution: I made two separate rules- the first moves the mail to a new folder and the second marks it as read. This circumvents the bug (which is a bug, obviously) and allows me to focus on the emails that I actually need to read. I'd like to see the definitions of these two rules, since the usual method of defining two rules, with one of them a move, should cause only the first rule to act, unless you have the "mark as read" rule first and did not specify the "stop processing more rules" action. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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The infamous unread email flag bug
"Brian Tillman" wrote in message
Sorry, but this isn't even close to having the intent you wish, since Outlook DOES send OO messages as soon as you enable the feature. Unless you have your delivery location on a PST, it doesn't matter whether Outlook is running or not, since the Exchange server takes care of the message. You don't have a valid complaint on this one. I know that Out of Office is on the server and will send the message as soon as you configure it, but this was meant as a joke that the IT dept would mess with OO to change its behavior to a ridiculous scenario of having to push the power button, protect the user - similar to the new mail icon "protection." |
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The infamous unread email flag bug
"Brian Tillman" wrote in message
... Brad wrote: Solution: I made two separate rules- the first moves the mail to a new folder and the second marks it as read. This circumvents the bug (which is a bug, obviously) and allows me to focus on the emails that I actually need to read. I'd like to see the definitions of these two rules, since the usual method of defining two rules, with one of them a move, should cause only the first rule to act, unless you have the "mark as read" rule first and did not specify the "stop processing more rules" action. Brad, this is a nice idea and I just tried this, but just like Brian says, only the first rule takes effect. After the email is moved into the folder it is not marked read, even though there is another rule attempting to mark it read. |
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The infamous unread email flag bug
fpbear wrote:
I know that Out of Office is on the server and will send the message as soon as you configure it, but this was meant as a joke that the IT dept would mess with OO to change its behavior to a ridiculous scenario of having to push the power button, protect the user - similar to the new mail icon "protection." I get it now. Humor-impaired, I guess. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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The infamous unread email flag bug
I have Microsoft Outlook 2003 SP3. I was seeing the terribly obnoxious permanent envelope icon before splitting the rules into two. Even after clicking and "reading" every new email I had received that icon would not go away. The problem is annoying, but this work around isn't terribly difficult. I hope it works with whatever Outlook version you have.
The first rule reads: Apply this rule after the message arrives with 'Updated Procedures' or ... move it to the Proc Updates folder The second rule reads: Apply this rule after the message arrives with 'Updated Procedures' or ... mark it as read and stop processing more rules |
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The infamous unread email flag bug
Brad wrote:
I have Microsoft Outlook 2003 SP3. I was seeing the terribly obnoxious permanent envelope icon before splitting the rules into two. Even after clicking and "reading" every new email I had received that icon would not go away. The problem is annoying, but this work around isn't terribly difficult. I hope it works with whatever Outlook version you have. The first rule reads: Apply this rule after the message arrives with 'Updated Procedures' or ... move it to the Proc Updates folder The second rule reads: Apply this rule after the message arrives with 'Updated Procedures' or ... mark it as read and stop processing more rules You should be able to combine these rules into a single rule: Apply this rule after the message arrives with "Updated Procedures" or... Move it to the Proc Updates folder and mark it as read and stop processing more rules -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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The infamous unread email flag bug
That's how the rules started out, but since it seemed to mark it as read before moving it to the new folder, the envelope icon would get stuck in my systray and I would have to close Outlook and reopen it to get the icon to disappear.
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The infamous unread email flag bug
Brad wrote:
That's how the rules started out, but since it seemed to mark it as read before moving it to the new folder, the envelope icon would get stuck in my systray and I would have to close Outlook and reopen it to get the icon to disappear. If the two rules do what you want, well and good. You could also simply open ANY message to make the icon disappear. It does for me. No need to close and reopen Outlook. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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