Re: [Evolution] Message never marked as read?

[Thomas Mittelstaedt <tmstaedt t-mittelstaedt de>]

John,

Am Donnerstag, den 03.06.2010, 01:08 +0100 schrieb John Horne:
> Hello,
>
> Using Evo 2.30 (under Fedora 13), I have a message which was filtered
> into a folder. I have the preview pane set, and the 'Mark message as
> read after ... seconds' option. I move to the folder, and highlight the
> message. However, it doesn't get marked as read. If I move away, and
> then move back to the folder, highlight the message (which is still
> showing as 'new'), it still doesn't get marked as read.
>
> Surely if I am reading a message, then the message has been 'read' and
> so shouldn't still be marked as 'new'. The automatic timer should mark
> the message as read. This message has now been read several times, but
> is still marked as 'new'. I could manually mark the message as read
> (using right-click), but surely that defeats the object of having the
> messages automatically marked as read.
>
>
>
> John.

I remember having had that issue a few times when I changed the value of
timer in mail preferences. I did set it to 3 seconds, then to 2,5.
Now, it's at 2,0 seconds and I haven't had the issue for some time.
I use 2.28 on ubuntu karmic.

-- 
thomas