Avatar for Username

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

Echekwara usoro a. Biko jụọ ajụjụ ọhụrụ ma ọ bụrụ na ị chọrọ enyemaka.

I want my email to open only when I open it, not when I delete the email that is located above it.

21george
21george
more options

The problem is that when I delete an email and the next email opens, I don't want to have to read that email then and there. But later, when I look for emails I have not opened, that email is not in bold type any longer, so it looks like I have already opened it and read it. I cannot keep control of which emails I have read and which ones I have not. How can I correct that?

The problem is that when I delete an email and the next email opens, I don't want to have to read that email then and there. But later, when I look for emails I have not opened, that email is not in bold type any longer, so it looks like I have already opened it and read it. I cannot keep control of which emails I have read and which ones I have not. How can I correct that?

All Replies (3)

finitarry
finitarry
more options

Stop using the message pane and use either a tab or a separate window for reading messages. Then the next item will not open when you delete a message. That setting can be changed in Options > Advanced > Reading & Display. Also press F8 to get rid of the message pane.

sfhowes
sfhowes
  • Top 10 Contributor
more options

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/deselect-on-delete/

http://chrisramsden.vfast.co.uk/3_How_to_install_Add-ons_in_Thunderbird.html

21george
21george Jụọ onye nwe ya ajụjụ
more options

Opening a new window was good, but it did not solve the problem. I did,however, find a solution without adding add-ons. I now delete from the incoming mail list by pushing the delete button on the keyboard and not by clicking on the word delete.

21george