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I have several rules which mark items as read and then send them to a specific folder. Nearly all of these folders are nested within one parent folder.

The issue is that usually when I get one of these messages, Outlook will expand the parent folder. I have no need for this sort of notification. The entire point of me automatically marking messages as read is that I don't need to know about them.

Can I stop Outlook from auto-expanding folders when they get new mail? I get dozens of these messages a day, and it's frustrating to constantly close this folder only to have it reopen minutes later.

I'm using Outlook 2010.

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Do you find that this happens if you are using "Folder List" instead of "Mail" for that pane? – techie007 Dec 12 '11 at 16:31
Just tried it under "Folder List" and it appears to still be happening. – root45 Dec 12 '11 at 16:32
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Too sad, but you cannot change this behaviour. The only way do disable folder auto-expansion is to use server-side rules. These rules are available when using Outlook + Exchange Server. Unfortunately, the limited subset of conditions and actions is available in server-side rules.

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Why would it be server side? This seems like purely a client issue. Am I missing something? – root45 Dec 13 '11 at 19:04
This is a client issue. This is why server-side rules do the trick: Exchange Server manages all the actions leaving Outlook unaware. – thims Dec 14 '11 at 6:09
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