Bruce, I just checked mine (out of curiosity) and mine are set that way.
But does that have any effect on why the "eyeglasses" icon would be there?
This recipient is someone I help with occasional computer questions, and
yes, he does have OE. So what does it mean that it's "watched" ? By
whom? And how can he get rid of the icon and/or the "watching"?

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
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You can have the Watch/Ignore column in the regular e-mail folders, (View
| Watch/Ignore), but that has nothing to do with anything on your end.

Assuming they are using OE, they should have set: View | Sort By |
Received & View | Current View | Show All Messages.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Joy" wrote in message
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I sent some pictures attached to a regular e-mail, and the recipient said
there was the icon of eyeglasses "the conversation is watched". But
that's a NewsGroup icon. Any idea why that icon would be there?