Windows Mail and Newsgroups

[FeKuLa]

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.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

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.

 

[Max]

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

 

[Jim Pickering]

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.