? Don't Expand Folders with Messages Marked as Read by Rules

Hi,

Is there a way to get OE to stop expanding folders if they contain messages that
are marked as read by rules?

I've got the expand folders with unread messages option on. I've also got some
rules that sort certain messages into some folders and mark them as read, but OE
still expands those folders. The reason I mark them as read is because I don't
want to deal with them, I just want them archived away, so having the folder
expand defeats the purpose a bit.

There doesn't seem to be a way to mark messages before moving them, so that
won't work. I've tried marking it as ignored as well but that doesn't help.

Any ideas?


Thanks.

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Alec S.
news/alec-synetech/cjb/net

I don't believe you can do this. AFAIK, the Automatically expand folders
option beats out the Mark As Read rule.

All I can suggest is either to uncheck Automatically Expand, or move the
folders in question so they are not subfolders. This would take up more room
in the Folder Tree, of course. You could rename them so they are all the
last folders in the tree, besides newsgroups, by putting Z1- before the
current name of one folder, then Z2- before the next, etc.

You could also drag user created folders that are not diverted to other
folders to save space.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Alec S." @ wrote in message ...
Hi,

Is there a way to get OE to stop expanding folders if they contain
messages that
are marked as read by rules?

I've got the expand folders with unread messages option on. I've also got
some
rules that sort certain messages into some folders and mark them as read,
but OE
still expands those folders. The reason I mark them as read is because I
don't
want to deal with them, I just want them archived away, so having the
folder
expand defeats the purpose a bit.

There doesn't seem to be a way to mark messages before moving them, so
that
won't work. I've tried marking it as ignored as well but that doesn't
help.

Any ideas?


Thanks.

--
Alec S.
news/alec-synetech/cjb/net

Bruce Hagen wrote (in ):
"Alec S." @ wrote in message ...
Is there a way to get OE to stop expanding folders if they contain
messages that are marked as read by rules?

I don't believe you can do this. AFAIK, the Automatically expand folders
option beats out the Mark As Read rule.

That's what I thought. Thanks for the confirmation.


--
Alec S.
news/alec-synetech/cjb/net