how to get unread messages to show up automatically in Outlook?

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I've recently changed to Office 2007. I use Outlook, and keep my Inbox open
all day. Previously, any unread messages showed up automatically (whether I
did a manual Send & Receive or whether it was a scheduled one). Now, when a
message comes in, the Inbox in the Folder List shows up in bold with the
number of unread messages beside it, but the actual Inbox itself doesn't show
anything UNTIL I change the View. It doesn't matter what View I have open
(whether it's Messages or Last Seven Days or Unread Messages) - it is the act
of changing the View itself that allows the new messages to show up. As you
can imagine, this is incredibly frustrating! Any help would be gratefully
received.
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Re: how to get unread messages to show up automatically in Outlook? by Hal

Hal
Tue Apr 29 13:26:10 PDT 2008

What kind of email account and what OS?

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- hhh@kvoa.com
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Live at Hot Licks - www.badnewsbluesband.com

"leesider" <leesider@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1A3AD131-433C-4D55-BCC1-D2744D4961E7@microsoft.com...
> I've recently changed to Office 2007. I use Outlook, and keep my Inbox
open
> all day. Previously, any unread messages showed up automatically (whether
I
> did a manual Send & Receive or whether it was a scheduled one). Now, when
a
> message comes in, the Inbox in the Folder List shows up in bold with the
> number of unread messages beside it, but the actual Inbox itself doesn't
show
> anything UNTIL I change the View. It doesn't matter what View I have open
> (whether it's Messages or Last Seven Days or Unread Messages) - it is the
act
> of changing the View itself that allows the new messages to show up. As
you
> can imagine, this is incredibly frustrating! Any help would be gratefully
> received.


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Re: how to get unread messages to show up automatically in Outlook by leesider

leesider
Tue Apr 29 13:57:01 PDT 2008

POP/SMTP and Vista ...

Thanks in advance for any help you can give.


"Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" wrote:

> What kind of email account and what OS?
>
> Hal
> --
> Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- hhh@kvoa.com
> Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
> http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
> KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
> Live at Hot Licks - www.badnewsbluesband.com
>
> "leesider" <leesider@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1A3AD131-433C-4D55-BCC1-D2744D4961E7@microsoft.com...
> > I've recently changed to Office 2007. I use Outlook, and keep my Inbox
> open
> > all day. Previously, any unread messages showed up automatically (whether
> I
> > did a manual Send & Receive or whether it was a scheduled one). Now, when
> a
> > message comes in, the Inbox in the Folder List shows up in bold with the
> > number of unread messages beside it, but the actual Inbox itself doesn't
> show
> > anything UNTIL I change the View. It doesn't matter what View I have open
> > (whether it's Messages or Last Seven Days or Unread Messages) - it is the
> act
> > of changing the View itself that allows the new messages to show up. As
> you
> > can imagine, this is incredibly frustrating! Any help would be gratefully
> > received.
>
>
>
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Re: how to get unread messages to show up automatically in Outlook by Hal

Hal
Wed Apr 30 16:13:44 PDT 2008

OK. Had it been an Exchange Server account, network connectivity issues
could apply. When you changed to Outlook 2007, was this an upgrade from an
earlier version? If so, try creating a new Outlook profile. Normally,
upgrades don't bother existing profiles, but sometimes corruption can occur.
Profile errors are usually highly bizarre in nature, this sounds like it may
be one.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829918/en-us
How to create a new e-mail profile in Outlook 2007 and in Outlook 2003

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- hhh@kvoa.com
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Live at Hot Licks - www.badnewsbluesband.com

"leesider" <leesider@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:62B94760-47D3-4052-B08E-81A2FC71CB24@microsoft.com...
> POP/SMTP and Vista ...
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can give.
>
>
> "Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" wrote:
>
> > What kind of email account and what OS?
> >
> > Hal
> > --
> > Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- hhh@kvoa.com
> > Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
> > http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
> > KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
> > Live at Hot Licks - www.badnewsbluesband.com
> >
> > "leesider" <leesider@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:1A3AD131-433C-4D55-BCC1-D2744D4961E7@microsoft.com...
> > > I've recently changed to Office 2007. I use Outlook, and keep my
Inbox
> > open
> > > all day. Previously, any unread messages showed up automatically
(whether
> > I
> > > did a manual Send & Receive or whether it was a scheduled one). Now,
when
> > a
> > > message comes in, the Inbox in the Folder List shows up in bold with
the
> > > number of unread messages beside it, but the actual Inbox itself
doesn't
> > show
> > > anything UNTIL I change the View. It doesn't matter what View I have
open
> > > (whether it's Messages or Last Seven Days or Unread Messages) - it is
the
> > act
> > > of changing the View itself that allows the new messages to show up.
As
> > you
> > > can imagine, this is incredibly frustrating! Any help would be
gratefully
> > > received.
> >
> >
> >


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