More than once I've had messages show up as unread when they had been because my local cache was not updated. Next time it seems they didn't get marked as read from the menu, try refreshing your login, it might correct their display.
On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 2:46 PM, Mareck <[email protected]> wrote: > I had 2 unread messages in my category:promotions. Using the "mark > messages as read" option when displaying the mails in that category or when > displaying all messages does not mark them as read (as you would expect). I > was able to find the messages with the suggested "is:unread" and mark them > as read by opening them. > > I have no idea why the "mark all messages as read" did not work on those > messages. > > Op donderdag 18 september 2008 16:37:41 UTC+2 schreef Zack Tennant het > volgende: >> >> have you tried the search "is:unread"... this should narrow it down to >> JUST the messages in your box (whether in inbox or archived) that are >> marked as unread. If you have some/a lot in labels that are unread, >> you can use "in:inbox is:unread" to get just the ones that are in the >> inbox. >> >> If that still turns up no results, try clearing your cache and >> cookies, you may have a stuck cache entry making the link bold with >> the number despite no messages unread at all. >> >> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:17, jmedley <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > My gmail account inbox always shows 3 unread messages. I have searched >> > the inbox and can't find them, tried selecting unread messages (to >> > delete them) but it says nothing selected. What gives? Thanks, Jim >> > >> > > >> > >> >> -- >> >> Abraham Lincoln - "'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, >> than to speak and remove all doubt." >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
