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My outlook 2010 inbox shows a count of 3 unread messages, but there are no unread messages in the inbox.

There is no view, no filter on the inbox.

Do you know a way to force re-calculation of that count ?

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Sort your emails by latest date, and look for any unread items in your inbox. If you are certain no unread emails exist, mark all messages as read:

  1. In the Navigation Pane, click the folder.
  2. On the Folder tab, in the Clean Up group, click Mark All as Read. Mark all as read command image example

Keyboard shortcut: Click any message in the message list, press CTRL+A, and then press CTRL+Q.

Make sure there are no rules enabled or set in your inbox!

This issue can happen if the mailbox is just set-up and/or the connection to your Exchange server is slow.

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Thank you for your advice. The mailbox us just setup, but the connection is quite fast (I'm not connected over the internet). Another "funny" fact is that Select All (control+A) does not work on this mailbox (but in all the others, it's ok). – Laurent K Nov 29 '10 at 9:03
I found a sort of solutions... In Account Settings/(my account)/Server Settings/More Settings/Advanced, I checked "enable cached exchange mode", event if I did not need it. And then, my unread count was right. – Laurent K Nov 29 '10 at 9:38
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Right click the Inbox folder; then, select Mark All as Read. It worked for me.

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What type of account are you using? I've experienced similar problems running Gmail on IMAP and I've had to browse through some of the GMAIL IMAP folders to find the unread messages.

If you're running POP3 try creating a new folder which filters in all unread messages from any folders to see if some pop up.

Worse-case, you might have to rebuild your user profile by deleting a re-creating the account from the account settings panel.

Still, chances are that there is some unread message somewhere that you just aren't seeing. Check through all of your folders.

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In fact, there is no IMAP or POP3. I'm connected to a MS Exchange server. – Laurent K Nov 25 '10 at 13:00
Exchange servers sometimes have the same effects as IMAP servers in terms of handling "unread" mail, especially if you access the Exchange Server from other devices such as hand-helds. Check out the reply below and follow the instructions for select all mail and then right lick and "mark as read". This might solve your issue. If not, we'll keep looking into it. – akseli Nov 25 '10 at 15:41
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I sometimes accidentally collapse the view so that a particular day appears to have no emails when there are actually some there. Are you sure you haven't got a plus sign showing next to any of the dates?

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I had the same issue with Office 2011 for MAC. Finally resolved it. If you do an advanced search based on "read status" you will find those unread messages in your one of your mailboxes.

I identified the problem to be the mismatch of the available trash (or deleted items) mailbox with the mailbox defined in "where to send deleted items" field. I resolved it through the following steps: 1- Setup the IMAP account in another mail program. 2- Re-define/re-assign the trash/deleted items mailbox 3- Deleted the old trash/deleted items mailbox 4- Refresh the settings in outlook 2010.

Voila. Unread counter works perfect...

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