"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
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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.

Because it is annoying to be constantly reminded of how many junk messages I
get per day - butas I need to scan it for false positives occasionally I
want to keep it in folder view. Then when I empty the junk folder into
deleted items, all the bold unread messages are in the bin, annoying me more
and not distinguishing themselves from genuinely useful unread items that
might also be in the bin. In any case, whatever my reasoning, why is it so
difficult for Microsoft to add this simple feature, which a few minutes
googling shows that a lot of people have requested over the past six -seven
years?