I have many many mail folders, with many rules/filters to organize incoming
mail. It would be nice if the Folder List would only show folders with new
messages, since sometimes I don't know that I have any new messages in
folders that are not visible (because the list of folders is too long).

The New Mail Notification in Outlook 2003 (on Windows 2000 SP4) sometimes
does not show up in the system tray if an incoming mail message gets moved to
a different folder by one of my filter rules, so there are times where
several hours go by before I notice that I have an important email waiting
for me.

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Have you tried the unread Search folder?

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"Nikolai Devereaux" Nikolai wrote in
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I have many many mail folders, with many rules/filters to organize incoming
mail. It would be nice if the Folder List would only show folders with
new
messages, since sometimes I don't know that I have any new messages in
folders that are not visible (because the list of folders is too long).

The New Mail Notification in Outlook 2003 (on Windows 2000 SP4) sometimes
does not show up in the system tray if an incoming mail message gets moved
to
a different folder by one of my filter rules, so there are times where
several hours go by before I notice that I have an important email waiting
for me.

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...installat ion