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Show the count of all items in a folder in Outlook, not just unread

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For certain types of folders, you may find it useful to have the folder list display the total number of items in the folder, not just the unread items (which it does by default).

For example, I set this on some folders that contain messages to certain distribution lists, where there will always be threads I haven't read (and knowing how many are unread doesn't help me since it's not a goal for me to read everything sent to the DL). I do find it useful to see the total number of items in the folder at a glance because when it creeps up too high I will go to the folder and shift+delete the older items so that I don't hit my mailbox quota.

To enable this, just right click on the folder in Outlook and choose Properties. Select "Show total number of items" and hit OK.

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  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    WARNING: Next week I won't post the traditional "Weekend reading". Actually I won't post anything, I'll...
  • Anonymous
    April 18, 2006
    This is also useful for "action" folders. Ack, my "do" folder currently has 21 items.
  • Anonymous
    April 18, 2006
    Sean - that was actually the first example I was going to use, and then I erased it because I figured I'd get a bunch of commenters telling me I should just use tasks or calendar :-)
  • Anonymous
    May 11, 2006
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  • Anonymous
    June 06, 2006
    Wellcome to the real world.
  • Anonymous
    June 14, 2006
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