Mail disappears?

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Mike

I would like to know what happens to mail that has been
dragged to the outlook today icon on the left side tool bar
that shows the outlook short cuts.

When dragged to the icon and dropped the mail disappears
from the inbox, but I can find it anywhere else? Did the
mail just vanish?

Any help would be appreciated.

Mike
 
Mike said:
I would like to know what happens to mail that has been
dragged to the outlook today icon on the left side tool bar
that shows the outlook short cuts.

When dragged to the icon and dropped the mail disappears
from the inbox, but I can find it anywhere else? Did the
mail just vanish?

Any help would be appreciated.

Mike
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Why are you dragging your e-mails to the Outlook Today (root node of the
tree in Folder List view)? That is NOT a folder. That is the root node
to your information store (i.e., your .pst file) *UNDER* which are its
folders. You'll need to drag your e-mails (or any other items) to a
[sub]folder somewhere UNDER this root node. I suspect you just lost
your e-mails.
 
Actually, it is a folder...it's just using the Outlook Today home page.
The lost message is still in that folder; you just can't see it. To
temporarily disable the Outlook Today page, right-click the OT shortcut
icon, select Properties, then the Home Page tab, and clear the check box
for "Show home page by default for this folder". Click OK and the
Outlook Today page will disappear, leaving you with a regular folder.
Drag the message out to another folder, then go back into the folder
properties and re-enable the OT page by checking the box.

An alternate (and perhaps simpler) method is to use Advanced Find to
find the message and then drag it out of the AF window into your
preferred folder.

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Vanguard said:
Mike said:
I would like to know what happens to mail that has been
dragged to the outlook today icon on the left side tool bar
that shows the outlook short cuts.

When dragged to the icon and dropped the mail disappears
from the inbox, but I can find it anywhere else? Did the
mail just vanish?

Any help would be appreciated.

Mike
Click to expand...

Why are you dragging your e-mails to the Outlook Today (root node of the
tree in Folder List view)? That is NOT a folder. That is the root node
to your information store (i.e., your .pst file) *UNDER* which are its
folders. You'll need to drag your e-mails (or any other items) to a
[sub]folder somewhere UNDER this root node. I suspect you just lost
your e-mails.

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Jocelyn Fiorello said:
Actually, it is a folder...it's just using the Outlook Today home
page. The lost message is still in that folder; you just can't see
it. To temporarily disable the Outlook Today page, right-click the
OT shortcut icon, select Properties, then the Home Page tab, and
clear the check box for "Show home page by default for this folder".
Click OK and the Outlook Today page will disappear, leaving you with
a regular folder. Drag the message out to another folder, then go
back into the folder properties and re-enable the OT page by checking
the box.

An alternate (and perhaps simpler) method is to use Advanced Find to
find the message and then drag it out of the AF window into your
preferred folder.


Vanguard said:
Mike said:
I would like to know what happens to mail that has been
dragged to the outlook today icon on the left side tool bar
that shows the outlook short cuts.

When dragged to the icon and dropped the mail disappears
from the inbox, but I can find it anywhere else? Did the
mail just vanish?

Any help would be appreciated.

Mike
Click to expand...

Why are you dragging your e-mails to the Outlook Today (root node of
the tree in Folder List view)? That is NOT a folder. That is the
root node to your information store (i.e., your .pst file) *UNDER*
which are its folders. You'll need to drag your e-mails (or any
other items) to a [sub]folder somewhere UNDER this root node. I
suspect you just lost your e-mails.

--
____________________________________________________________
** Share with others. Post replies in the newsgroup.
** If present, remove all "-nix" from my email address.
____________________________________________________________
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I stand corrected. Guess OT is a folder. Learn something new everyday,
and sometimes it is actually useful. Thanks Jocelyn.
 
You're welcome :-)

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

*** Replies sent to my e-mail address will probably not be answered --
please reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***
 
Thank you for your assistance. I didn't drag my mail
there until I was trying to duplicate the problem a
friend had. I just thought, correctly so, that this was
the best place for an answer. Thank you very much for
your help, both of you.

Mike
 
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