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Thunderbird: Mark as read only when opened

In Outlook, I was able to set it up so that I could view a message in a preview pane without it being marked as read, but when I actually opened the message by double clicking it, it would mark the message as read. Is there a way to do that in Thunderbird? I only see a time based option which is the same amount of time for both the preview pane and for when you open a message in a new window / tab.

If it matters, the computer is running Windows 7

jcimarron

quizwedge--That time delay setting can be as much as 16 minutes. Isn't that enough?
But some other thoughts
https://forum.open-xchange.com/showthread.php?3863-Mail-preview-Don-t-mark-message-read

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ElrondCT

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quizwedge

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jcimarron, 16 minutes would probably be plenty, but the problem then is when I open the message I have to wait 16 minutes or manually mark it as read.

ElrondCT, that's what I'm looking to do, but I was hoping to be able to keep the message pane / preview pane.

I'll leave the question open for a little bit longer in case there's a plugin that someone knows about or jcimarron has a solution.

quizwedge

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Bummed that Thunderbird doesn't work like other mail clients I've used in the past, but looks like the right answer is that it can't do what I want it to do.