Re: More info on my intermittent failure of messages to mark themselves as read

Steve Litt said on Thu, 08 Sep 2022 07:31:12 -0400

I'm taking the abnormal step of top-posting because the old material is
for reference only; I'm not referring to any specific material in the
prior post...

While we still have a mailing list let me tell you what I've discovered
about the intermittent failure to mark as read:

The symptom is that usually, but not always, the first new post of a
bunch of new posts will not mark itself as read, even if you click on
its line and wait two seconds. I believe this happens in both the
"unread only" and "all messages" views.

The best two solutions I've found are either:

A: Click the initial post, wait two seconds, select another folder, go
back to the original folder, click the post again, wait two seconds,
and its status reverts to "read".

B: Right click the post and select "Mark as read".

Thanks,

SteveT


>Hi all,
>
>I think this problem has several root causes, any one of which can
>cause it.
>
>First, there's a difference between the light blue background on an
>email when you first select a folder, and the dark blue background
>when you click on that message. I think I need to click on it in order
>to mark as read.
>
>Second, I must wait the entire 2 seconds, that I specified in the
>config, for the message to realize it's been read.
>
>However, there are still intermittent situations where a message
>stubbornly refuses to mark itself as read. This occurs almost
>exclusively on the message that first gets the light blue background
>when I move to the folder. I click on that message and wait 2 seconds,
>5 seconds or whatever, and it remains unread.
>
>These pesky messages soon mark themselves as read when I leave the
>folder and come back once or twice, but it's inconvenient because I
>keep clicking on folders having nothing unread due to the false unread
>status.
>
>Given this new info, any ideas for either a root cause or diagnostic
>tests I can perform?
>
>SteveT
>
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SteveT

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