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How can I simply return to the Inbox, not open a new message, when I close a message?

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Whether I open a message in a tab or new window, whenever I close or delete it, a new message pops up and is automatically marked Read. When I close or delete an open message I simply want to return to the Inbox, as it was.

Whether I open a message in a tab or new window, whenever I close or delete it, a new message pops up and is automatically marked Read. When I close or delete an open message I simply want to return to the Inbox, as it was.

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Oops! I didn't notice that. Here is the US English version of that page; just change the country identifier

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

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Many of us simply don't have this problem because we read messages in the Message Pane below the list of messages.

There is an add-on that deals with the situation where you delete a message but I am not sure it will help with simply closing a message.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/991199#answer-548290

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Thanks. I don't really care much for the Message Pane, or Preview Pane in MS Outlook, but maybe I'll give it another chance. The link above provided another link to an add-on, but the download page and instructions for that are in German, so I'm not sure how useful it will be. Still, I'll give it a shot.

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Oops! I didn't notice that. Here is the US English version of that page; just change the country identifier

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

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Seems to be doing the job, whether I open messages in tabs or windows. Thanks again.