Re: [Evolution] How to get Evolution to stop marking messages as read?

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Wed, 2021-06-02 at 17:55 -0500, J.B. Nicholson wrote:
> In Evolution 3.38.3-1 how does one turn off marking read messages as
> read?
>
> I'd like to read any message with Evolution without marking any
> message
> as read.
>
> I tried turning off the "Mail Preferences" -> "Mark messages as read
> after 0.0 seconds" preference but that didn't stop Evolution from
> marking a message I selected as read. Sometimes the message that came
> up as a result of switching folders would get marked as read,
> sometimes
> a message I picked explicitly was marked as read. I'm looking for a
> means to turn off all mark-message-as-read behavior.

Edit->Preferences><mail account>>Defaults has a three-way toggle for
marking messages as read. Click till it turns into a '-' sign.

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