Quick Read Multiple Emails In Message List

Quick read multiple emails in Message List

Author: Kelly Last Modified: 2020-01-14

If you receive multiple emails mixed with a bunch of junk emails every day, you can scan these emails in the message list directly, and then pick up useful emails and read them in the reading pane or message window. Now this tutorial will show you how to quick read multiple emails in the message list.

Note: This tutorial is introduced based on exchange account in Microsoft Outlook 2019 desktop program in Windows 10. And it may vary significantly or slightly depending on the types of email accounts (Exchange, IMAP or POP), the versions of Microsoft Outlook, and Windows environments.

Quick read multiple emails in Message List

You can widen the message list, and then enable the Auto Preview with multiple lines to quick read emails in the message list directly.

1. Firstly, widen the message list as you need:
(1) Move cursor to the right edge of the message list;
(2) Drag the edge to right when the cursor change to ;
(3) Release the mouse when the width is enough.

2. Click View > Message Preview and select 1 Line, 2 Lines, or 3 Lines in the drop-down list to change the number of preview lines. (In my case, I select 3 Lines.)

3. Now the Microsoft Outlook dialog comes out. Please click the This folder button or All mailboxes button as you need.

This folder: If you want to change the number of preview lines in the current mail folder only, please click the This folder button;
All mailboxes: If you want to change the number of preview lines in all folders of all mailboxes, please click the All mailboxes button.

Now the message list is changed as below screenshot shown. In the message list, you can preview the message content of every email in 3 lines (or other specified number of lines).