I recently set up an IMAP account in Mail. My new messages no longer appear in bold, even though I have checked that box in Preferences.
I'd like to see new messages in bold. Any suggestions? Thanks.
MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.1)
Do you get that eMails also through an other device via POP account? That could cause that problem, when the other device "reads" the mails from the server, so they are marked as "read".
Do you have a webmail login? So you can check if you see them in webmail as "new". If not, there is an other problem with the read/unread flag in that eMail account.
In the preferences under the viewing tab, there should be a box you could check to "display unread messages with bold font."
Dave Hutch wrote:
In the preferences under the viewing tab, there should be a box you could check to "display unread messages with bold font."
i think he checked that with
even though I have checked that box in Preferences
The "display unread messages with bold font" Preference box is checked...
I have an iPhone with a POP account, but I don't think that's it. The message appears in my Mail in-box as "un-bold" before my phone has even had a chance to ping the Gmail server (It's a Gmail account).
<you can check if you see them in webmail as "new".>
When I log into Gmail the messages are bold (i.e. They have not been read).
Thanks for the help.
Have a look in
Apple Mail > Preferences > Rules
is there a rule that could mark the mails as read?
Also here in Lion Mail I only see the blue indicator showing which mail is new, and which not. I also don't see a bold font or not.
Showing unread messages with a bold font only works in classic view.
That's why I think it's not a "bug" or an error, but just the new layout within Lion Mail.
<Showing unread messages with a bold font only works in classic view.>
I'm using the Classic view...
<Also here in Lion Mail I only see the blue indicator showing which mail is new, and which not. I also don't see a bold font or not.>
There's no rule set up. Also, I have been using Lion for 4 weeks and the feature has worked until this weekend. I did a clean reinstall of Lion over the weekend - my 4th clearn reininstall - and then added an IMAP account. Since then it hasn't worked....Hmmm.
Mail 5.0 Display New Messages w/ Bold Font
