Unread e-mail that doesn't go to the inbox

I just installed Windows7 in place of Vista. No mailer was provided. I
installed Windows Live Mail to replace the mailer from Vista. Why doesn't
all of the new mail go to the inbox? I only find it in the unread mail box.

Gary Hoffstetter

Hi, Gary.

There is no "generic" Inbox in WLM. There is a separate Inbox for each Mail
Account.

But you can use Quick views to create the Unread mail box, which shows the
contents of all the Inboxes in a single view. It doesn't actually move the
messages; it just shows them all.

It doesn't work perfectly. Sometimes the Unread mail Quick view shows
nothing unread, even when there are unread messages in one or more
individual Inboxes - or in individual Junk e-mail or other boxes. But it
usually works pretty well. And we can right-click on Quick views and choose
from a menu of things to be shown there.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64

"Microsoft News Server" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I just installed Windows7 in place of Vista. No mailer was provided. I
> installed Windows Live Mail to replace the mailer from Vista. Why doesn't
> all of the new mail go to the inbox? I only find it in the unread mail
> box.
>
> Gary Hoffstetter

I only have one e-mail account. That's why I'm confused. They should all
go to the inbox. Why don't they?


"R. C. White" <> wrote in message
news:#...
> Hi, Gary.
>
> There is no "generic" Inbox in WLM. There is a separate Inbox for each
> Mail Account.
>
> But you can use Quick views to create the Unread mail box, which shows the
> contents of all the Inboxes in a single view. It doesn't actually move
> the messages; it just shows them all.
>
> It doesn't work perfectly. Sometimes the Unread mail Quick view shows
> nothing unread, even when there are unread messages in one or more
> individual Inboxes - or in individual Junk e-mail or other boxes. But it
> usually works pretty well. And we can right-click on Quick views and
> choose from a menu of things to be shown there.
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
>
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64
>
> "Microsoft News Server" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> I just installed Windows7 in place of Vista. No mailer was provided. I
>> installed Windows Live Mail to replace the mailer from Vista. Why
>> doesn't all of the new mail go to the inbox? I only find it in the
>> unread mail box.
>>
>> Gary Hoffstetter
>

Gary,

The account's email Inbox is found under your email account in the left hand pane. If the email account folders are not shown,
expand the folder by placing the cursor on the account name and clicking on the small icon(looks like a right angle
triangle)adjacent to the account name.
- Your account folder is shown directly below the Quick Views section.

Unread Mail is an option, as R.C. explained available in Quick Views. Think of Quick Views as a search, that finds and displays
messages(and their status) that reside elsewhere(Inbox, Sent, Junk, Drafts, Feeds, etc)



--
...winston
ms-mvp mail

"Microsoft News Server" <> wrote in message news:#...
> I only have one e-mail account. That's why I'm confused. They should all go to the inbox. Why don't they?
>
>
> "R. C. White" <> wrote in message news:#...
>> Hi, Gary.
>>
>> There is no "generic" Inbox in WLM. There is a separate Inbox for each Mail Account.
>>
>> But you can use Quick views to create the Unread mail box, which shows the contents of all the Inboxes in a single view. It
>> doesn't actually move the messages; it just shows them all.
>>
>> It doesn't work perfectly. Sometimes the Unread mail Quick view shows nothing unread, even when there are unread messages in
>> one or more individual Inboxes - or in individual Junk e-mail or other boxes. But it usually works pretty well. And we can
>> right-click on Quick views and choose from a menu of things to be shown there.
>>
>> RC
>> --
>> R. C. White, CPA
>> San Marcos, TX
>>
>> Microsoft Windows MVP
>> Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64
>>
>> "Microsoft News Server" <> wrote in message news:...
>>> I just installed Windows7 in place of Vista. No mailer was provided. I installed Windows Live Mail to replace the mailer from
>>> Vista. Why doesn't all of the new mail go to the inbox? I only find it in the unread mail box.
>>>
>>> Gary Hoffstetter
>>

Do you use hotmail? Have you setup any rules that places mail in folders
when it arrives? If so then WLM will automatically use these rules also.

Colin Brown
WL MVP

"Microsoft News Server" <> wrote in message
news:#...
> I only have one e-mail account. That's why I'm confused. They should all
> go to the inbox. Why don't they?
>
>
> "R. C. White" <> wrote in message
> news:#...
>> Hi, Gary.
>>
>> There is no "generic" Inbox in WLM. There is a separate Inbox for each
>> Mail Account.
>>
>> But you can use Quick views to create the Unread mail box, which shows
>> the contents of all the Inboxes in a single view. It doesn't actually
>> move the messages; it just shows them all.
>>
>> It doesn't work perfectly. Sometimes the Unread mail Quick view shows
>> nothing unread, even when there are unread messages in one or more
>> individual Inboxes - or in individual Junk e-mail or other boxes. But it
>> usually works pretty well. And we can right-click on Quick views and
>> choose from a menu of things to be shown there.
>>
>> RC
>> --
>> R. C. White, CPA
>> San Marcos, TX
>>
>> Microsoft Windows MVP
>> Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64
>>
>> "Microsoft News Server" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> I just installed Windows7 in place of Vista. No mailer was provided. I
>>> installed Windows Live Mail to replace the mailer from Vista. Why
>>> doesn't all of the new mail go to the inbox? I only find it in the
>>> unread mail box.
>>>
>>> Gary Hoffstetter
>>