Vista - Windows Mail and Newsgroups

When you select a newsgroup in Windows Mail, and if you have unread messages
in that newsgroup, the program ALWAYS will select the first unread message
and mark it as read. Why? That's very disturbing to me. Outlook Express 6
does not select as read the message until you don't press in the list of
messages. Does anyone know any solution to fix that? Thank you.

"FeKuLa" <fekula@terra.es> wrote in message
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> When you select a newsgroup in Windows Mail, and if you have unread
> messages in that newsgroup, the program ALWAYS will select the first
> unread message and mark it as read. Why? That's very disturbing to me.
> Outlook Express 6 does not select as read the message until you don't
> press in the list of messages. Does anyone know any solution to fix that?
> Thank you.

It annoys me, too. It doesn't mark it read if you don't have the Preview
Pane open. I always do in News.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup. Don't send mail.

Tools/Options/Read Tab/ {Mark message read after displaying for....},
Uncheck.

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Maxwell Bluemeanie
"FeKuLa" <fekula@terra.es> wrote in message
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> When you select a newsgroup in Windows Mail, and if you have unread
> messages in that newsgroup, the program ALWAYS will select the first
> unread message and mark it as read. Why? That's very disturbing to me.
> Outlook Express 6 does not select as read the message until you don't
> press in the list of messages. Does anyone know any solution to fix that?
> Thank you.

That creates a greater problem for most users, in that if they chose that
option, they now have to select all those messages in a newsgroup they
desire to mark read and then right click and select the Mark As Read option.
For heavy users of newsgroups, it's not a very satisfactory solution.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP/Windows Mail applications
Please reply ONLY to newsgroup.


"Max" <max@home.com> wrote in message
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> Tools/Options/Read Tab/ {Mark message read after displaying for....},
> Uncheck.
>
> --
> Maxwell Bluemeanie