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I have TONS of folders in Outlook, and rules to sort incoming mail into these folders.
The problem is that I get, literally, about 10,000 emails a day. I absolutely HATE seeing new mail notifications and all my folders in bold-face font. So, typically I go through, right click on each folder, and choose 'Mark all as Read'.
Is there a way for me to simply mark everything as read, rather than by individual folder?
2As an aside, the OP is already using rules to sort the emails in to folders, so - @Mistiry - just use step 5 on this answer with each of your current rules and then everything that is currently folder-sorted will be marked as read as it arrives. Or Alternatively, using this answer, setup a non-active rule that you can fire off whenever you want (to flag everything read) with "Run Rules Now" (on the Rules & Alerts window) - replacing you current spree of manually marking folders as read. – DMA57361 – 2010-07-12T17:35:32.257
Good catch. Though the order of rules listed determines the order that they are executed. You could put this rule at the top instead of adding "mark as read" to every rule he has. – mouche – 2010-07-13T15:36:12.380