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Email - Search Folder - 'PersonMetaData'

About

There is an issue in Outlook for Search Folders that shows blank emails. This is a known issue with searches and requires a work-around to continue to use this for stuff such as "Unread Mail". There is no known ETA when this will be fixed by Microsoft. 

Work-Around

To manually fix this you will need to create a custom search. Right-click "Search Fields" in Outlook and choose "New Search Folder..."

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Scroll to the bottom and choose "Create a custom Search Folder"

Click "Choose..."

Give it a Name, such as "Unread Custom"

Click "Criteria"

Click "More Choices" tab and select "Only items that are:" and "unread" 

Click on "Advanced" tab and choose the "To" field where "is not empty" and "Add To List"

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Choose "Browse..." to limit the search criteria. 

Choose "Inbox" instead of everything which will ignore deleted items. 

Make sure "Search subfolders" remains selected. 

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