Mail app showing unread mail (in tile) when all mail is read

Michael Bell

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some one has to have a fix for this ongoing problem I have tried
1) resetting that requires re establishing all my email accounts for a while works then it comes back
2) checking app store no up date for mail app
3) I go to feed back ask for fix , eventually one comes

There has to be a folder some where that is holding a email that is read that its says is unread , I can not find. Believe me I have tried all I can think of. I would like to end 2020 with a fix for this app.
 

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all boxes are empty I have three email accounts on the Mail app , I checked all three.
 

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when I ask feed back for mail to fix , it gets fixed sure would like to know what they do to fix it.
I then went back to one accounts one box that is labeled bulk or spam had a bunch of things in it from current to months ago I emptied that folder , lets see if that finally fixes it.
 
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Check these folders: Junk/Spam, All Mails, Sent, Archive & Deleted/Trash folders.
 

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Check these folders: Junk/Spam, All Mails, Sent, Archive & Deleted/Trash folders.
Great advice....but....with the mail app there is no trash or junk folders. That said one has to use a web browser and go to outlook.com and check all the folders that way. It's why I hate those so called MS apps....as they are not the full blown software we're used to.

It's a messed up system if you ask me....I'm to the point where I'm going to have to find an actual email client (3rd party software) to check my email accounts. I have Office 2016 Pro Plus.....but I don't need all that office crap that goes with it. The only 2 pieces of software that I use on a regular basis is Word and Outlook from the office suite.
 

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When Mail app from Win10 stutters I use Flow mail its a free-bee you can tie many accounts too it like Mail app. But it does not have calendar or Contact software. I just do not know what Map App keeps messing up , why can FEED BACK fix it and I can not find how.
Lets see next time read email is shown as unread , by cleaning out the Spam or bulk folder fixes it like I did or did feed back fix it, again.
 
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quote. "Great advice....but....with the mail app there is no trash or junk folders."

Are we all talking about the built in Mail?

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or Outlook 2016:
quote;" That said one has to use a web browser and go to outlook.com and check all the folders that way. It's why I hate those so called MS apps....as they are not the full blown software we're used to."


Outlook 2016:
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I cannot, for the moment, think of anything else I would want in a mail program - it even has a popout schedule calendar. It As with most desktop mail Apps, it goes out to the internet mail(Outlook) and fetches anything there automatically.
 
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Michael. If it suits you, try turning off the notification for Mail in the settings. Doesn't solve your problem. but stops the nag
I don't us Flowmail, but, after perusing it, I don't quite see any extra advantage in having it. But, have you tried signing in to flow mail and saving the password? That may also be a reason for the nag.
 
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The folder should be there, you may need to scroll down to the account & check that.
 

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I see it labeled differently SBC mail and others can call it JUNK , BULK or SPAM. So when I see unread mail that I say I have read all by emptied these files I will see if that is the problem.
At times the people , calendar and mail apps are not sync'd these same files could be the issue there.
At least on mail service SBC if you right click the email a pop up , pops up saying " block sender" which I do. I have been finding in JUNK , BULK or SPAM. a ton of FREE gift cards for my opinion deleting or blocking all of those could be another source of spam or malware.
have a Great day stay safe get your shot when its available.
 

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I've yet to see it in my Mail app and I've been using it years now. It's not there as a whole or in an individual email account. So I don't how you're seeing it davehc.....or I'm just missing something for all these years of use. Hell, I don't even see the "All Folders" in your first attachment.

At the bottom of the left side I see "get premium outlook features" but that requires a subscription to MS 365 as MS keeps renaming the subscription service. If you have that, that may be the difference there.
 
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I cannot give you a walkthrough, as I amnot near my computer at the moment, but, for me, without any modification, it has always there?
 
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Well I have cleared junk , bulk and spam folders still the Mail app says I have unread mail when all has been read ? Now what
 

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I cannot give you a walkthrough, as I amnot near my computer at the moment, but, for me, without any modification, it has always there?
Well I think I found the problem for me. I use the "LINK" my accounts....and in doing so there is no of those folders from your attachments. So I unlinked them and BINGO! There they are. So all these years......go figure.
 

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So far today no miss results on tile on start screen says all read . It was that way all today after I asked who ever man's feed back Forman to fix issue. I have been manually looking threw all folders for three email accounts of which two had items on folders. I deleted want I found the ones in SBC account I can block senders , this could be the one and only account that is messing things up.
I wish I could confirm what is causing issues seems having to do manually is going to be a pain till app can be fixed.
Thanks for your efforts
 

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