Re: [Evolution] Messages not being marked as READ

[Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net>]

On Fri, 2018-08-17 at 09:44 -0400, James Finnall wrote:
> Using Evolution 3.18.5.2 on Ubuntu 16.04.  I have Evolution set to mark
> messages as read when I view them in the preview window.  I have been
> receiving some mail messages for awhile that do NOT mark as read
> automatically like most of my mail messages do.  Sort of irritating
> that I have to either double click and open in a separate window or
> right click and "Mark as Read" to clear the setting.  Even if I click
> and drag the message to the desired folder, it still reports as Unread
> until I change it manually.  
>
> Since this only happens to mail messages from certain senders it would
> appear to be something the sender is setting in the mail message.

Unlikely.

> Is there anyway I can over ride this behavior and ignore the senders
> setting?

Probably not. It sounds like a software bug which might be fixed in a
more recent version (which requires you to upgrade your distribution).

andre
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