I had similar issue with a unread email count of more than 4 billions. When looking the counter it shows the 4 billion unread message and when looking into the footer I notice it is negative. I tried all the other answers solution and even finding a way to disable caching, the counter was 0 but when I re-enabled it the counter came back to 4 billions. The only way I found was to delete the local OST file (I put in in the bin until I was sure I would not loose anything).
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To do it properly I followed the steps:. Check the footer that the status of the folders was 'synchronized'.
Closed Outlook. Delete the OST file (let it in 'Trashbin'). Location of file is: C: Users AppData Local Microsoft Outlook. filename is.ost e.g. [email protected]. Launch Outlook, the OST file would be re-created and all email from the mailbox downloaded again.
The unread counter is now reliable again. Checked that all email are properly downloaded and no issue found. Delete the old OST file from the trashbin The step 7 can be done after few days or weeks if you believe you lost something.
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In my case I found nothing and retrieved all my outlook items and deleted the old OST the same day. This solution can be applied if you're sure the Exchange Server has always the full content of your mailbox.
How many emails do you think you receive per day? Curious to know exactly how many emails you are receiving each day Well find out using this little tip!
In Outlook, right-click the Search Folders under the email account that you want to count the total incoming emails per day. Then click the New Search Folder.
In the New Search Folder dialog, scroll down to the bottom and then click Create a custom Search Folder under Custom. Then click Choose button. When the Custom Search Folder dialog pops up, Name it and then click the Criteria button. In the Search Folder Criteria dialog, under Messages tab, separately select received and Today from the Time drop-down list. Then click OK.
When it returns to the Custom Search Folder dialog, click the Browse button. In the Select Folder(s) dialog, select the folder you want to count the total emails per day, and uncheck the Search subfolders box. Then click OK button. The click OK twice in the following two dialogs. Right-click the new search folder you have just created, then select Properties from the right-click menu.
In the following dialog, check Show total numbers of items box, and then click OK. Now copies of the incoming email messages will be saved to this search folder per day. When a new day comes, the search folder will automatically remove all the old messages and start counting the new days email messages.
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