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Make it so Outlook does not select the first mail in the inbox

When I open Outlook, it selects the first unread or read mail in inbox. But the selected mail is the most recent. I want to read the Unreads from bottom to top. When I change the selection to the oldest unread mail, the top unread mail is being…
mucit
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Can I merge Inbox and Sent Items into one view in Outlook 2007?

Does anyone know if there is a way to merge my Inbox and Sent Items into one view in Outlook 2007? I want a way to manage my email threads in a similar way to how they are managed in Gmail.
Fuzzy Purple Monkey
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How to configure which emails show up in my "Focused" inbox in Outlook?

Newer versions of Outlook present a "Focused" view of your inbox, that tries to sort emails that require your attention (e.g. from people you frequently correspond with) into a "Focused" inbox and emails that aren't important (e.g. email from…
petehern
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Outlook 2010 inbox unread count is wrong

My outlook 2010 inbox shows a count of 3 unread messages, but there are no unread messages in the inbox. There is no view, no filter on the inbox. Do you know a way to force re-calculation of that count ? Thanks
Laurent K
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Move incoming Outlook emails to folder containing previous conversation

I file email conversations in various folders. But every new email in that conversation goes to inbox, so I have to manually move it to the folder that contains the rest of the conversation. Is there a way for Outlook to do this automatically with…
SAL
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Outlook: Move 'flag status' index column to the left

In the 'Messages' (inbox) view in Outlook 2007, there is a list of all messages (one liners) with several field. The rightmost field is the 'Flag Status' field. I'm trying to move this icon to the left. All other columns are movable (via several…
ripper234
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How to change the default Outlook 2010 start folder?

When I start Outlook 2010 it opens the Outlook Data File's inbox However, I want it to open my own Inbox by default. How do I change the default Outlook 2010 start folder?
Ivo Flipse
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Outlook 2010 Unable to Categorize Messages

I am unable to categorize messages in my inbox. What I'm talking about is the ability to assign a color category. I'm accustomed to being able to just click the icon in the ribbon of the open message and select the color. The icon for categories,…
BillP3rd
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Is it possible using regular expression in inbox rule criteria

I want to filter all mail whose subject starts with [SomeWord], so I wonder is it possible using regular expression(such as ^\[SomeWord\]) for inbox rule of outlook. I'm using outlook web aceess, not outlook client.
Kane
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On Windows 10, I cannot two-finger-scroll in Google Inbox with Chrome

I have a Dell XPS 13 (2015) which I just upgraded to Windows 10. I can no longer scroll using two-finger drag on the touchpad when in Google Inbox, using Chrome 45.0.2454.15. I can still scroll using the scroll bar on the right, and my touch…
Malcolm Crum
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Why did compacting my Outlook PST file just double the size of the file itself?

Now, I'm a complete n00b to Outlook 2007 administration, but after deleting a whole bunch (thousands? more?) of automated alerts, I decided to try a more immediate solution to tame my 2.2GB inbox PST. My first course of action was to compact the…
slpsys
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Outlook: Is it possible to completely hide the number of items in an Inbox?

I would like to hide the number of items counter which is displayed after the inbox in the mail folders overview. I am aware of the possibility to switch the counter from unread emails to total number of email; is there also an option to completely…
Tye
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Focused inbox disappeared - How do i get it back

I previously had the focused inbox in my outlook 2016 and then one day it mysteriously disappeared. And was replaced with something less practical than the old combined inbox where read and unread are in different areas. The key difference between…
user1605665
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Increasing productivity with huge Outlook Inbox - "Sorted Inbox" and frequencies

I am using Exchange Online and Outlook 2010 with a very high email volume and a big Inbox. I am already using colored categories and filtering of distribution lists into special folders. I am also assigning different lifetimes to folders etc.…
Martin
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Bulk-deleting inbox mails managed by POSTFIX

Had an issue several hours ago with a client mail account, which got compromised. As a result, he had hundreds of thousands of spam queued in postfix, which lead to several issues. Everything's fixed and security's tied up, apart from one "small"…
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