What does blue dot in inbox mean? (old post closed)

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What does blue dot in inbox mean? (old post closed)

I don understand that the blue dot means the email hasn't been read. However, on my Mac (Ventura 13.5.2) I have a blue dot next to and email I have physically opened and read. I did read on the old post that you have to open the Sent email if I actually sent it, which doesn't make sense, but I went to my iPhone Sent box and opened that eMail. So, with iPhone email sent box opened and Mac Mail inbox opened (and no longer highlighted as not read) I still have a blue dot next to the email. What am I missing?

UPDATE: I tried marking the email read and the blue dot finally went away. Still curious why once I opened the email and read it the blue dot stayed until I actually marked it read.

MacBook Pro (2017 – 2020)

Posted on Sep 15, 2023 9:09 AM

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Sep 15, 2023 9:28 AM in response to buzzoff13

I do see this sometimes. There are occasions where it is warranted, like when there is a "conversation" and you may not have opened all the messages in it. On a few occasions, though, it seems to marked unread incorrectly.

I can't say why this happens, but I can offer a very handy keyboard shortcut: Command-Shift-U toggles the read/unread status of messages. It can useful in both directions too - like when you glanced at a message but want to read it more carefully later, it may help to again mark it as unread to help draw your attention to it.

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Sep 19, 2023 9:08 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Luis, thanks for the response. It is always frustrating when we can't figure out why something happens but that is software! At least I know it isn't me :)

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