Sure, if you create/modify the folder view - click "Automatic Formatting"
button in the "Customize View" dialog.

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"Dorian" wrote in message
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Is there any way to change the background color of a Mailitem in the list
portion of Outlook? I need to display a status for a MailItem given
certain
conditions and I think changing the background color would be the most
easily
recognizable.