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Merlin2000 - 09 May 2008 01:14 GMT

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...

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Brian Tillman - 09 May 2008 16:57 GMT

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

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Merlin2000 - 09 May 2008 17:23 GMT

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.

> > Currently, MS Outlook will open the last e-mail message that was
> > looked at when you click on the folder.
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> Outlook should remember the item in the folder that last had focus and
> return to that item when you return to the folder.

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Brian Tillman - 12 May 2008 14:59 GMT

> 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.

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