How do I mark messages in inbox outlook 2003 as replied to and fo.

[Suzannet]

I am newly using Outlook 2003 and no marks appear on emails in the Inbox
after an email there has been replied to or forwarded. I had an older
version that showed this.

Another question: It used to be that only the folder I was in was on the
bottom line. Now I have to delete each one every time I go to it. Can I set
it up the old way?

I'm not a techie so have mercy on me if you answer.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I am newly using Outlook 2003 and no marks appear on emails in the
Inbox after an email there has been replied to or forwarded. I had
an older version that showed this.

What type of account?

Another question: It used to be that only the folder I was in was on
the bottom line. Now I have to delete each one every time I go to
it. Can I set it up the old way?

I have no idea what this means. Can you describe in more detail, please?

 

[Suzannet]

I am posting your reply here, which you made to me off the message board when
I emailed you privately -- I couldn't find the reply on the board, which I
have now figured out. Under your reply, I will answer your questions, which
I had to wait for a busy techie friend (who doesn't use Outlook so can't help
me with it) to be able to tell me (techies often don't seem to undertand how
helpless non-techies are -- like using your foreign dictionary to ask a
question in another country and not understanding the reply):

What does "what type of account" mean? Aside from Outlook
2003 for email, in Windows XP, what are my choices?

Your account type will be "POP", "Exchange", "IMAP", or "HTTP".

Re my second question, right now I am looking at what I call the
bottom line, below my desktop. There are several folder icons there,
along with icons for open Exploreer pages and emails I've written but
haven't . Each time I open a folder in my email, the icon for it --
Inbox, Outbox, Drafts, and all the others -- gets left on the bottom
line and I have to delete it. What used to happen was that each time
I went into a new folder, it replaced the icon so that there was only
one icon at a time showing. The deletion process isn't the end of the
world but is a pain in the neck to have to keep handling it.

Are you talking about your Task Bar on the Windows Desktop?

Please reply in the newsgroup. If you can't figure it out in the web
interface, use Outlook Express or some other newsreader.

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.general

or whatever newsgroup we were in. I don't recall at the moment.

--
Brian Tillman

Here's what my techie answered:

Your account type is pop3.

Bottom thing is called your task bar, bottom right hand of
that (indented) is the system tray. Clear to the left is the Start button.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I am newly using Outlook 2003 and no marks appear on emails in the
Inbox after an email there has been replied to or forwarded. I had
an older version that showed this.

Thanks for the clarification. Did you try a new mail profile?
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/newprofile.htm

Another question: It used to be that only the folder I was in was on
the bottom line. Now I have to delete each one every time I go to
it. Can I set it up the old way?

Whatever folder is the open folder will be the window title and that's what
will show on the Task Bar.