why are some items in the INBOX shown in red

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Sometimes an email in my inbox shows up in red font. It probaly means there
is a problem somewhere...can anyone offer a suggestion/fix?
 
Sometimes an email in my inbox shows up in red font. It probaly means there
is a problem somewhere...can anyone offer a suggestion/fix?
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It means you have an autoformatting rule that turns the message subject red.
Tools>Organize>Using Colors is the place to start for Outlook 2003 and
earlier.
 
Sometimes an email in my inbox shows up in red font. It probaly means there
is a problem somewhere...can anyone offer a suggestion/fix?
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I wonder if that message is flagged by the sender...

Outlook lets them do that. An overdue message will turn red.

http://office.microsoft.com/client/helppreview.aspx?AssetID=HA012341501033&ns=OUTLOOK&lcid=1033#6
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