Closed
Bug 603257
Opened 14 years ago
Closed 9 years ago
messages are too quickly marked as read when switching folders (pop)
Categories
(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, defect)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
RESOLVED
WORKSFORME
People
(Reporter: tbee, Unassigned)
References
Details
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.3 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/6.0.472.63 Safari/534.3 Build Identifier: 3.1.4 This is not as much a bug as an annoyance. A message is marked read and then marked as unread, you switch folders and then back to this folder, the message is automatically marked as read again. I would suggest deselecting the message list if switching to that list. Reproducible: Always
Updated•14 years ago
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Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 14 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
I'm not sure this is a duplicate of buy 199433. The behavior is correct, messages never revert automatically back to "read". It is a perfectly defendable behavior, but disturbing when the "unread only" filter is active. So not a bug but a UI improvement.
Comment 3•14 years ago
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do you also have the issue if Thunderbird is started in -safe-mode (http://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode) ? are these local folders, imap folders ?
Status: RESOLVED → UNCONFIRMED
Resolution: DUPLICATE → ---
Yes. It are regular POP3 folders, so that would be local? Please note this is an RFE; the behavior of Thunderbird is correct, it is not a bug. But it is not optimal. Example scenario: you are in an inbox, there are read and unread messages, because you needed to reread an old email so it is selected. Then you toggle the view to unread emails only. The selected (read) email disappears. Perfect. Same situation, but you do not have the time to reread that email right now (or it was marked unread accidentally), so you mark it as "unread". Then you toggle the view to unread emails only. The selected (now unread) email stays visible. Good. Then it is automatically and immediately marked as read, because it is redisplayed in the content pane. Wrong. Another scenario: you are in the unread email view. You intent to read an email but are disturbed and decide to read it later. You mark it as unread. Then you switch to another folder and back again. The email is automatically marked as read. That is what I mean; toggling views, switching mailboxes, and emails get marked as read. I think when switching views or mailboxes, already selected emails should not be redisplayed and thus marked as read. I keep "losing" emails (TB marking them as read) just by navigating in my favorites folder.
Comment 5•14 years ago
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likely a dup. which one best matches? https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?type1-0-0=substring&short_desc=unread%20read%20&field0-0-0=short_desc&bug_severity=major&bug_severity=normal&bug_severity=minor&type0-0-1=substring&field0-0-1=keywords&type1-0-1=allwordssubstr&resolution=---&classification=Client%20Software&classification=Components&query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwords&type0-0-0=anywordssubstr&value0-0-0=select%20switch&field1-0-0=short_desc&product=MailNews%20Core&product=Thunderbird&field1-0-1=short_desc
Severity: enhancement → minor
OS: Windows XP → All
Whiteboard: dupme
232967 comes close, but only takes switching folders into account. Changing views has the same problem.
One moment. I did not read that correctly. 232967 is actually a bug (messages go from unread to read automatically). This issue is not a bug. Looking at the other issues; all seem to be bugs. So none can be a duplicate of this issue.
Comment 8•14 years ago
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I disagree because your statement in comment 4 absolutely makes this bug a _real_ bug / bad behavior, and not ENH "toggling views, switching mailboxes, and emails get marked as read. I think when switching views or mailboxes, already selected emails should not be redisplayed and thus marked as read. I keep "losing" emails (TB marking them as read) just by navigating in my favorites folder."
Hm. Point made. You could indeed consider it a UI bug. Then 232967 comes close, only reversed (unread -> read) and partial (only navigation).
Comment 10•14 years ago
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You can use the config editor to toggle mailnews.remember_selected_message and we won't remember or load the selected message in a folder
Updated•14 years ago
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Reporter | ||
Comment 11•13 years ago
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Can it be that under TB5 this problem is back in full glory? And that the suggested workaround is not working around anymore.
Updated•9 years ago
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Severity: minor → normal
Summary: messages are too quickly marked as read when switching folders → messages are too quickly marked as read when switching folders (pop)
Comment 12•9 years ago
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Do you still see this problem when using version 38?
Flags: needinfo?(tbee)
Whiteboard: [closeme 2015-10-10]
Reporter | ||
Comment 13•9 years ago
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No, the problem has been solved somewhere along the line.
Flags: needinfo?(tbee)
Updated•9 years ago
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Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 14 years ago → 9 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
Whiteboard: [closeme 2015-10-10]
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