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Filtering Out Your Read Mail Do you have a lot of messages in a folder--some read, some unread? When you're ready to tackle those unread messages, don't waste your energy scanning the message list for bold text. (As you may have noticed, unread messages appear in bold.) Ask Outlook Express to filter out everything you've already read. Just choose View > Current View > Unread Messages. All but the unread messages disappear from the message list (and the message lists of every other folder). To make all the read messages reappear, choose View > Current View > All Messages. If you decide to use this option, you should be aware that, by default, Outlook Express marks as "read" any message that's been sitting in the preview pane for five seconds. (A "read" message no longer appears in bold in the message list.) But just because a message hangs out in the preview pane for a bit doesn't mean you've actually had a chance to READ it. If you want to be sure you don't miss anything, turn off this automatic marking: Choose Tools + Options. Click the Read tab. Deselect Message Is Read After Being Previewed for 5 Seconds. Click OK. Outlook Express marks a message read only if you scroll through the message in the preview pane, double-click a message to open it in a separate window, OR manually mark the message read (select the message and choose Edit > Mark as Read).
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