Not sure what you mean by "change the selection".
If a message displays its body text in the preview pane, then
it is considered 'read'. You can adjust the number of seconds
it takes before the message is considered 'read':
Tools, Options, Read, "Mark message read after displaying
for X seconds".
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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
"Stefaan Meeuws" <rolling_stone_dev@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:Xns9AFF5C7A3566Crollingstonedev@xxxxxx
Quote:
> I'm using "Windows Mail", version 6.0.6000 on Vista Home Premium (SP1).
>
> When I change the selection in the Message Pane, the message SHOULD be
> marked as unread, but nope.
>
> What's the catch here?
>
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> Regards,
>
> Stefaan Meeuws