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Outlook Unread emails marked Read by themselves
I have this issue with one computer on a 10-PC network. Everyone is on hosted exchange. Computers have either Outlook 2010 or Outlook 2007.
At the problem station, unopened Unread emails change by themselves to Read in about 5-15 minutes of arriving in Inbox. User is NOT clicking the emails. She can be physically away from the computer and this still happens. Computer runs Outlook 2007.
Some details...
*In OWA webmail, unopened emails stay Unread if the user's Outlook is closed on the local computer.
*User does not use OWA.
*User does not get email on a phone.
*The email account is also forwarded to a Gmail account for backup purposes. Forwarding is set in hosted exchange, not from the local Outlook account.
*made sure Outlook and computer on latest Windows Updates
*Tried running Outlook in safe mode. (No plug-ins running.) Did nothing.
*Tried changing the email password. Did nothing.
*Computer has Microsoft Security Essentials antivirus
Any ideas? Could this be caused by antivirus?
At the problem station, unopened Unread emails change by themselves to Read in about 5-15 minutes of arriving in Inbox. User is NOT clicking the emails. She can be physically away from the computer and this still happens. Computer runs Outlook 2007.
Some details...
*In OWA webmail, unopened emails stay Unread if the user's Outlook is closed on the local computer.
*User does not use OWA.
*User does not get email on a phone.
*The email account is also forwarded to a Gmail account for backup purposes. Forwarding is set in hosted exchange, not from the local Outlook account.
*made sure Outlook and computer on latest Windows Updates
*Tried running Outlook in safe mode. (No plug-ins running.) Did nothing.
*Tried changing the email password. Did nothing.
*Computer has Microsoft Security Essentials antivirus
Any ideas? Could this be caused by antivirus?
Glen Krinsky
Could be the forwarding. Gmail may be marking them as read. Check the settings there. Also, is her email available to anyone else either by rule or through delagation?
Is user having any rules for emails ?
Does the user use any Handheld device ?
Does anyone else has rights to his mailbox ?
Hope no server side rules ?
all these could be possible reasons
- Rancy
Does the user use any Handheld device ?
Does anyone else has rights to his mailbox ?
Hope no server side rules ?
all these could be possible reasons
- Rancy
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airborne1128:
I just turned off forwarding to the GMail account as an experiment and advised the user to watch if the problem stops.
User does not have any delegation from the hosted exchange admin panel. I just queried the user whether she has shared her Inbox with anyone.
Rancy:
I think the user does have some Outlook email rules. I'll check that.
Use does NOT use a handheld device.
Does anyone else has rights to his mailbox ? - checking
Hope no server side rules ? - No.
I just turned off forwarding to the GMail account as an experiment and advised the user to watch if the problem stops.
User does not have any delegation from the hosted exchange admin panel. I just queried the user whether she has shared her Inbox with anyone.
Rancy:
I think the user does have some Outlook email rules. I'll check that.
Use does NOT use a handheld device.
Does anyone else has rights to his mailbox ? - checking
Hope no server side rules ? - No.
Also, check her reading pane options. There are a couple of settings in there that MAY cause this issue.
Was the forwarding from Exchange or Rule ?
- Rancy
- Rancy
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Also, check her reading pane options. There are a couple of settings in there that MAY cause this issue. -- Will do.
Was the forwarding from Exchange or Rule ? -- Rule in the local copy of Outlook.
The user is busy right now so I'll have to check back in an hour or two. Thanks.
Was the forwarding from Exchange or Rule ? -- Rule in the local copy of Outlook.
The user is busy right now so I'll have to check back in an hour or two. Thanks.
HEHEHE ... sure :)
Will await your update !!
Will await your update !!
ASKER
Now it turns out there are 2 PCs on the system which have this problem. #1 is XP /SP3 with Outlook 2007. #2 is Win7 32bit with Outlook 2010.
User at #1 is busy right now and can't be interrupted.
User #2...
*Did have an Outlook Rule. I deleted it.
*Reading Pane was OFF
*Send/Receive was set for 30 minutes. I changed to 3 minutes.
*Sent several test messages. They remained correctly Unread but when I clicked Send/Receive All Folders they turned Read after the mailbox synced to hosted exchange. HOWEVER, I then sent more test emails and subsequently emails remained Unread after clicking Send/Receive All Folders and also when running Send/Receive manually just for the Inbox. (WTF??)
Not sure what's going on.
User at #1 is busy right now and can't be interrupted.
User #2...
*Did have an Outlook Rule. I deleted it.
*Reading Pane was OFF
*Send/Receive was set for 30 minutes. I changed to 3 minutes.
*Sent several test messages. They remained correctly Unread but when I clicked Send/Receive All Folders they turned Read after the mailbox synced to hosted exchange. HOWEVER, I then sent more test emails and subsequently emails remained Unread after clicking Send/Receive All Folders and also when running Send/Receive manually just for the Inbox. (WTF??)
Not sure what's going on.
Have you run the updates for Office?
ASKER
Not sure on that box. Likely have to check and do it after hours. If so, I'll confirm tomorrow. Thanks!
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Apache09: I've forwarded your Outlook tweaks to the two relevant users and will check back later on improvement.
Rancy and Airborne1128: User #1 has NO Inbox sharing or any other delegation. User #2: Outloook was already fully updated. Computer on full Windows Updates.
Thanks.
Rancy and Airborne1128: User #1 has NO Inbox sharing or any other delegation. User #2: Outloook was already fully updated. Computer on full Windows Updates.
Thanks.