Open Most Recent Email in Folder

Currently, MS Outlook will open the last e-mail message that was looked at
when you click on the folder.

So if I clicked a folder under Inbox, and then scroll down to the bottom,
then go to another folder, when I go back to the first folder, it will still
have the last item I looked at, as opposed to the new e-mail within the
folder (at the top).

Any idea how to change this, or if it is even possible...

Brian
Fri May 09 08:57:23 PDT 2008

Merlin2000 <Merlin2000@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Currently, MS Outlook will open the last e-mail message that was
> looked at when you click on the folder.
>
> So if I clicked a folder under Inbox, and then scroll down to the
> bottom, then go to another folder, when I go back to the first
> folder, it will still have the last item I looked at, as opposed to
> the new e-mail within the folder (at the top).
>
> Any idea how to change this, or if it is even possible...

That, to me, is how it should work, if I'm understanding what you're saying;
Outlook should remember the item in the folder that last had focus and
return to that item when you return to the folder.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Merlin2000
Fri May 09 09:23:01 PDT 2008

I don't think that is how it should work. I never need to see the lack e-mail
that I was reviewing in the folder. I always want to see the latest one.

Outlook Express, Thunderbird, and every other e-mail program I have used,
displays the newest e-mail when you click in the folder.

How do I make this the default with MS Outlook? Currently it goes to the
e-mail I last had open.

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

> Merlin2000 <Merlin2000@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > Currently, MS Outlook will open the last e-mail message that was
> > looked at when you click on the folder.
> >
> > So if I clicked a folder under Inbox, and then scroll down to the
> > bottom, then go to another folder, when I go back to the first
> > folder, it will still have the last item I looked at, as opposed to
> > the new e-mail within the folder (at the top).
> >
> > Any idea how to change this, or if it is even possible...
>
> That, to me, is how it should work, if I'm understanding what you're saying;
> Outlook should remember the item in the folder that last had focus and
> return to that item when you return to the folder.
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>
>

Brian
Mon May 12 06:59:16 PDT 2008

Merlin2000 <Merlin2000@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> How do I make this the default with MS Outlook? Currently it goes to
> the e-mail I last had open.

I do not believe there is any setting to do that.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]