394094 - Automatically mark messages as Read when replying to them (at least as an option)

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 239782

(Thunderbird :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Raul Aguero]

User-Agent:       Opera/9.22 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en)
Build Identifier: version 2.0.0.6 (20070728)

I can't get the replied messages to be marked as "read" automatically. Is there a way? When I reply, messages are still as unread.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Select any message from the message list.
2. Click on the Reply / Reply all buttons or equivalent (Crtl-R, etc.)
3. The Compose message windows opens, but the message keeps marked as Read. 


Actual Results:  
Messages replied keep Unread status.

Expected Results:  
Replied messages should (at least optionally) be automatically marked as Read as soon as the Reply button (or equivalent) is clicked.

The actual behaviour means that if I see a message I want to reply to, I click on Reply, but then I have to go back later (if I remember) to the proper message list, locate the message (if I can find it), and manually set it as Read. It's annoying. Having a way to mark it as read as soon as I hit Reply would make me much more productive. 

I fully understand that there should be scenarios where marking automatically a reply as read is undesirable, but I can 100% guarantee that this feature is very valuable. If it is made available as an option configurable somewhere, even if it is hidden, it is okey for me, as far as there are means to achieve this thing.