141332 - messages marked as read when previewed

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 75866

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, enhancement)

Description

[Sander]

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BuildID:    2002041712

in the mail client messages are marked as read even if they are only previewed.
There should be an option to only mark the message as read if it is actually opened.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. preview a message
2. watch it get marked as read
3. write bug report/feature request

Actual Results:  the message was marked as read

Expected Results:  nothing. it should show you the preview without changing
properties of the message.

Comment 1

[laurel]

If you select a message with the message pane open, yes we mark it read because
we do load the message content -- we don't have a content "preview".  If you
don't want to mark messages read but just want to peruse the headers, close the
message pane then you can open the messages you explicitly want to open.

Comment 2

[Sander]

Right, I'd like to peruse the actual message without it being marked as 
read. Perhaps an option to select either behavior?

Comment 3

[Sander]

The other problem is that you can't stop reading your unread mail. Once you
delete a message the next one is automatically marked as read.

Comment 4

[laurel]

*** Bug 160033 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5

[alge]

*** Bug 161175 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6

[laurel]

*** Bug 171764 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

*** Bug 173126 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8

[Tarmo Järvalt]

dupe of bug 75866 ?

Comment 9

[Sander]

I agree. This is the same as 75866. Let's get it fixed. :)

Comment 10

[Sander]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 75866 ***