It does work with pst files... if it's not working for you, something else
is wrong. you should see either the unread count in blue parentheses (6)
or green brackets [22] behind the folder names. If you mean at the bottom of
the window, you need to show the status bar.
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"John Antell"
discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:63DA7DD5-5C44-412E-B068-4D1C748D035A@microsoft.com...> Unfortunatley, this doesn't seem to work for folders in .pst files. Total
> number (or total unread) is not displayed in parenthases after the folder
> whatever option is selected on the general tab.
>
> Is this a "bug" or is there some other option which will activate this?
>
> "Patricia Cardoza [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>> There are two ways. First, the Status bar (down on the bottom of the
>> Outlook
>> window) should always list the number of items in the folder. If you
>> don't
>> see the status bar, select View, Status bar.
>>
>> You can also have Outlook count the total number of items in the folder
>> and
>> display that number in parentheses next to the folder name. By default,
>> the
>> number in parentheses is in blue and represents the total number of
>> unread
>> items in the folder. To switch it to count the total number of read and
>> unread items, right click the folder name and choose Properties. About
>> halfway down the General tab is a selection. You can choose either Show
>> number of unread items (which should have the radio button selected by
>> default) or Show total number of items. If you choose Show Total Number
>> of
>> Items, the number will change to be displayed in Green.
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>> "Teeny"
discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:9BF83FE8-0667-4C74-80EF-E871CC1F93DC@microsoft.com...>>> Under an older version of Outlook it would automatically count how many
>>> messages I had in my various folders (In Box, Deleted, Sent, etc.).
>>> With
>>> Outlook 2003 is there a way I can have it count. All I could find in
>>> the
>>> threads is how to set it up to count Unread Mail. For example, I used
>>> to
>>> be
>>> able to highlight a message in my In Box and it would read 12 of 25 or
>>> whatever. Help is appreciated. Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
