thanks so much for this tamar. Works beautifully - what a time saver!
k

>>is there a way to access the UNREAD MAIL folder in outlook 2010 - I accept that this folder displays the contents for all folders in outlook but it would be very handy to access this instead of ritually going through the 1000's of read emails in the inbox before getting to the unread ones.
>>here is the code I am using to set this up #6 is traditionally the inbox
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>>tnx k
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>>Local loOutlook   As Outlook.Application
>>Local loNameSpace As Outlook.NameSpace
>>Local loInBox     As Object
>>Local loMSG      As Outlook.MailItem
>>Local lnUnRead    As Integer
>>Local loAttach,llAttach
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>>#Define olFolderInBox      6
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>>loOutlook   = Createobject('Outlook.Application') &&
>>loNameSpace = loOutlook.GetNamespace("MAPI")
>>loInBox     = loNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInBox)
>>lnUnRead    = 0
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>>

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>You can find out how many are unread by checking the UnreadCount property of the folder. To get the list of unread items, use the Restrict method with the parameter "[Unread] = true":
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>loMsgs = loInbox.Items
>loUnread = loMsgs.Restrict("[Unread] = true")
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>To mark an item as read, change its Unread property.
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>Tamar