Bold type for unread? How?

[Dean]

On my old computer, the headers for all unread messages in OE newsgroups
would appear in bold type. Once I read the message, the bold would change to
regular type.

My new computer doesn't do this. The only way I know how to "dim" messages
from bold to regular is "Ctrl A----Ctrl Q", which then "dims" ALL messages.

Where can I find the settings to set this up? Thanks.

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

Post by Dean
On my old computer, the headers for all unread messages in OE
newsgroups would appear in bold type. Once I read the message, the
bold would change to regular type.
My new computer doesn't do this. The only way I know how to "dim"
messages from bold to regular is "Ctrl A----Ctrl Q", which then
"dims" ALL messages.
Where can I find the settings to set this up? Thanks.

Here's one which pretty much always catches me when I set up a new machine:

I read messages in the Preview Pane. In Tools | Options | Read there is a
setting for how long a message appears in the Preview Pane before it gets
marked as read. This defaults to 5 seconds. Since I often read messages
faster than that, they don't get marked as read until after I change that
setting.

[Dean]

Thank You very much, Frank.

I don't know how my settings were screwed up, but I reset them and it works
great. I notice the headers come up BOLD again when there's a new answer to
the post, otherwise they stay normal once read. Excellent.

Dean
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Post by Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE

Post by Dean
On my old computer, the headers for all unread messages in OE
newsgroups would appear in bold type. Once I read the message, the
bold would change to regular type.
My new computer doesn't do this. The only way I know how to "dim"
messages from bold to regular is "Ctrl A----Ctrl Q", which then
"dims" ALL messages.
Where can I find the settings to set this up? Thanks.

I read messages in the Preview Pane. In Tools | Options | Read there is a
setting for how long a message appears in the Preview Pane before it gets
marked as read. This defaults to 5 seconds. Since I often read messages
faster than that, they don't get marked as read until after I change that
setting.
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[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

Post by Dean
Thank You very much, Frank.
I don't know how my settings were screwed up, but I reset them and it
works great. I notice the headers come up BOLD again when there's a
new answer to the post, otherwise they stay normal once read.
Excellent.
Dean

Thanks for the feedback.