Stop using the Junk Folder as one that displays in the Outlook Today folder.
Any why would you want to mark junk mail as read? Simply ignoring it and
deleting it is the best way to deal with it, after scanning the folder for
false positives.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Ric asked:

| Is there any way in Outlook 2003 to automatically mark all Junk email
| filtered to the Junk email folder as "read"? I don't want to select
| the "delete immediately" option as I like to scan the folder
| occasionally for false positives, but also it is annoying to be
| constantly reminded by the bold typeface in the "Today" view that
| there are an ever increasing number of unread items in the Junk
| folder.