Hello; Will you tell me where you found the programs that you speak of below? Thank you, JIM ================================ Mike Rubinfeld <mrubinfe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Linda, Thanks for the heads up on that website. They had two programs which installed the mark as read custom action in Outlook. They're called MarkRead and AutoRead. While I need to do some investigating on how to use either of them in my rule set, they do appear to do exactly what I want. Thanks again, Mike ======================== -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Linda F. Johnson Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 11:45 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Outlook 2000 rules question Hi Mike...I was just looking at Outlook 2k and the only way I can see to do this is to choose the option to "apply a custom action"...however, a custom action requires a macro and I know nothing about creating macros in Outlook But, if you can create a macro to mark messages as read, then the custom action would be your answer...hope that at least points you in the right direction...maybe go to slipstick.com and see what they can teach you ... And if you figure it out, let us know :-) Linda F. Johnson, M.A., MOS Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com Free e-Books, Newsletter, and tutorials ====================== -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Rubinfeld Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 11:16 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Outlook 2000 rules question Does anyone know if there is a way to mark messages as read in a rule in Outlook 2000? I know this can be done easily in Outlook XP. Mike Rubinfeld ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles ************************************************************* --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************