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feature request: automatically mark as read YES but NOT when in message preview pane

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andrk
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feature request:

I want "automatically mark as read", but only when the messages are fully openend (i.e. in their own window after doubleclicking on a message)

NOT when they are show in the message preview pane.

I am very often getting a quick overview what has happened, using Menu ... View ... Layout ... Message Pane (F8)

But if one of those mails "is displayed longer than 5 seconds", and it gets marked as "read" - that can turn out really fatal, because I might loose track of that conversation later.

If I switch that option off, then nothing makes the mails go "marked as read", not even when I am opening them in their window. That is bad too. I am using the preview/next buttons, and after 30 mails - the "mark as read" property is not updated. Also bad. Loosing track of which emails I have already read.


sorry for long/complicated description, but I hope you understand me?

Keep up the good work! Kudos for one of the best software solutions on the planet!

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feature request: I want "automatically mark as read", but only when the messages are fully openend (i.e. in their own window after doubleclicking on a message) NOT when they are show in the message preview pane. I am very often getting a quick overview what has happened, using Menu ... View ... Layout ... Message Pane (F8) But if one of those mails "is displayed longer than 5 seconds", and it gets marked as "read" - that can turn out really fatal, because I might loose track of that conversation later. If I switch that option off, then nothing makes the mails go "marked as read", not even when I am opening them in their window. That is bad too. I am using the preview/next buttons, and after 30 mails - the "mark as read" property is not updated. Also bad. Loosing track of which emails I have already read. sorry for long/complicated description, but I hope you understand me? Keep up the good work! Kudos for one of the best software solutions on the planet! :-)

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andrk
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I meant:

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andrk
andrk Question owner
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where does the colon character go? Your website has a bug?

user01229325
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The Message Pane is not a preview. It opens the message. Your option is to increase the display time in options before marking as read.

andrk
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Thx a lot for your quick answer.

Yes, that was what I had already feared about the inner workings.

I suggest to redesign that part of the architecture.

Thanks for considering it.