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Living with focused inbox...
So, I've had a little bit of time (over the past week) to experience the Outlook 2016 edition of Focused Inbox. I've been using it on mobile for a long time and thought that it would feel the same o...
I have the same request. I used my inbox as a to-do box. If a message is unread it is because I have not yet worked the issue. I need to get the "other" item count out of my "focused" count.
I like the focused inbox but also hate the unread "other" counts. As with others above i also use "unread" to ID work or replies that I need to get back to. Maybe I'm a little OCD but uncleared notifications bother me so I've gotten into a habit of marking all as read if the Focused inbox is clear just to get rid of them. But it's still annoying considering how well Outlook does in sorting emails. Hopefully this is something they think to add next time around.