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suggest Thunderbird retain the offset position of a message being read

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When I am reading the very long Thunderbird Inbox daily Subject at, for example, physics@arXiv.org (e.g., "physics daily Subj-class mailing 18020801202 1"), if I have to briefly switch to a different Inbox message, I lose my place and have to start again at the top of a long message. I would like to suggest that Thunderbird retain the offset of a message being read (until that message is moved or deleted) so that switching to a different message and then returning results in a default return to the part just switched from.

When I am reading the very long Thunderbird Inbox daily Subject at, for example, physics@arXiv.org (e.g., "physics daily Subj-class mailing 18020801202 1"), if I have to briefly switch to a different Inbox message, I lose my place and have to start again at the top of a long message. I would like to suggest that Thunderbird retain the offset of a message being read (until that message is moved or deleted) so that switching to a different message and then returning results in a default return to the part just switched from.

Modified by Wayne Mery

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I've improved your topic title, so that others will see something useful.

What your describe is https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290136

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You can circumvent the problem of messages not remembering their scroll positions by opening messages in windows, instead of tabs.

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I already have many windows open and would rather not open another one just to select a new Inbox message.