Setting to keep reading pane empty when processing emails

[cyberzork]

Right now, when I delete an email, the reading pane automatically loads the next email in the list

There is a feature request to not automatically read the next email. Suggest to like that one.

Don't automatically open emails, please!

I can see that this problem has existed for a very long time but has not been fixed yet. When I start the app or open a new folder, the first email (even the not-to-open junk emails) is automatically opened without my consent.