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I am running Outlook 2013 on my Windows 7 computer. &nbsp;When I click on an email in my Inbox (but don't open it) the message switches to &quot;read&quot;. &nbsp;I don't want messages marked as read until I actually open them. &nbsp;Is there a setting to change this?<br />
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Thanks,<br />
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Phil
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I am running Outlook 2013 on my Windows 7 computer.  When I click on an email in my Inbox (but don't open it) the message switches to "read".  I don't want messages marked as read until I actually open them.  Is there a setting to change this?

Thanks,

Phil

Reading emails in Outlook

Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Although often used mainly as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note-taker, journal, and web browser.

Outlook

An email client, email reader or more formally mail user agent (MUA) is a computer program used to access and manage a user's email. A web application that provides message management, composition, and reception functions is sometimes also considered an email client, but more commonly referred to as webmail.