Hi,
is it possible to disable that the first mail from the inbox (or any other folder) is displayed and marked as read atomatically when starting emclient or switching to a mail folder?
Thanks for your time.
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It is a good idea!
The first thing I have to do after starting eM Client is check the message has not been accidentally marked as read. I mean the first message from last session.
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+1 for this request!
The current behaviour is quite annoying in my opinion.
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To stop emails automatically being marked read, click “Menu / Settings / Mail / Read” and “deselect / clear” the first two boxes. Then click “apply & ok”.
Yes, I know about this option.
I want to set the messages as read after 5 sec but not upon eM Client opening.
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Thanks for the suggestion @cyberzork, but as @Vladimir_Losinsky pointed out, messages should still be marked as read automatically when they have been shown for a few seconds.
It’s really about the moment when I open up the whole app or switch to another folder.
Half of the requested functionality seems to be already there, as no message is shown (and marked as read) if I select a sorting group heading instead of a message.
Maybe it would be possible to provide an option to select the topmost group heading instead of the first mail in these cases?
It’s especially unfortunate when using the read status for sorting. Because in this case the first message may end up somewhere far down in the list … depending on how long it was kept as unread (which I actually do sometimes as some kind of TODO mechanism for myself).
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I want to set the messages as read after 5 sec
Ok. Sounds like that would then be a feature request. Maybe the devs might add this as an option in Settings down the track.in the (Mail / Settings / Read) section.
In the meantime though the only option would then be to disable those 2 options and use either eg: “Right click / Mark as Read” on the Subject line" or Click “Mark as Read” on the Toolbar along the top via the Customize" option.
Maybe the devs might add this as an option in Settings down the track.in the (Mail / Settings / Read) section.
That would be great!
Thx @Gary for already having changed the category of this topic to feature request.
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Hi! Me too, I would like this feature to be created, specially because it would avoid opening spam messages automatically on eMclient start!
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I desperately need a feature like this as well. Im currently navigating through 20 folders every day and getting messages unintentionally marked as read just creates so much chaos. Maybe a solution could be an option to not open an email automatically when you enter the app or a new folder, so youd have to willfully click on the first email yourself.
Oh and since I just noticed: this also goes for the search bar sadly.
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The lack of this feature just prevents me to pay for eM Client…
I can’t consider having an email client that opens emails when I don’t want to.
I have especially the problem with spam folder : sometime I just want to check if there’s no good emails in my spam folder and when I click on the folder, the first message is displayed, sometimes with horrible images, marked as read and if there are any trackers on the email…
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Hard to believe there is not a way to avoid the first message listed from automatically getting displayed, check marked, and marked as read.
I really want to be able to use the mark message as read after displaying. but i had to turn this off.
I read emails using a unread filter and im a new user but ive already lost track of 3 emails that i didnt really address but because they were at the top of the list, they have been removed from my unread sort. I found them, right clicked and marked unread. I cannot afford to lose track of more so i will have to either actually open the email in separate tab by double clicking or mark each message i view as read manually.
I would also like to have a setting to view my inbox by a unread filter permanently as in, in the settings
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Hi,
This issue is a big deal for me to, and it why I uninstall and not buy the software, because this is so annoying.
As I saw in Mailbird, when you are on the first message is only mark as read when I click on an other email, this could be a good option
Thanks for time
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As a person giving this email client a try for the first time, I almost immediately noticed that this “feature” was missing. I’ve never used any other email client that upon opening the application auto-selects the first email and displays it, or auto-selects the first email in each folder or category I navigate to.
If I’m opening my email and other people are looking, what if that first email is of a confidential/sensitive nature?
What if I just want to click through the different categories and briefly skim the email subject lines of any new emails? Now I have to mark it unread.
To me, this is a standard feature of all email clients I’ve used, and the fact that this thread was created in 2021 suggests it will probably never be implemented. While it may seem like a small thing to some, it’s a big enough thing for me to not purchase it.
If you don’t want to see full message previews when you click on them, you can turn it off. The option is Menu > View > Layout > Messages Panel Off.
You can still skim through the messages in the message list as there are a few preview lines there (which you can configure as well) but when you want to read the whole message when no one is looking, just double click on it.
Sorry, to me, this is not a solution to the problem. Changing the layout only solves the original problem by removing the ability to quickly and easily read emails. IMO, the three panel layout is the best way to “do” email, it’s just unfortunate there isn’t an option for “Automatically select first message in each folder” to let the user choose the behavior.
Hello everyone.
I agree with the above. The Windows mail app forces everyone to use Outlook, which works very poorly.
I liked eM Client, but the automatic opening of emails when you turn on the mail client or change the folder is very inconvenient.
The “do not open emails automatically” option in the settings will solve the problem. I will try to get used to it during the 30-day trial period, but if it doesn’t work out, I will look for another client.
I just created an account to add me as well to the list of people how would like to see this feature added.
Coming from Postbox, where this feature existed for ever, this is a must have!
I too think this would be a worthwhile tweak with the simple addition of a switchable on/off auto marked as read setting for the first email in the box. Not easy to do from a coding point of view - perhaps the easiest thing would be to not auto-select the first message in a mailbox.