I'm trying to set an option in my Mail preferences, where I could leave unread emails "unread" until I open it. I find it annoying that as soon as you select the email (only to view as preview), that the email is now read. In Outlook, there's an option to leave the emails as unread until you open them, it makes it easier when you scroll up and down in your Inbox email list. Any such option in Mail ?
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That isn't a preview. It is the message you are viewing when you select it.
Just close the viewing pane by dragging the divider all the way to the right side of the window. If you want to View a message, double-click to open it in its own window. As you scroll down the list, they won't be marked as read.
You can set the preview up to 5 lines in the message list, so you can preview quite a bit as you scroll through the emails.
Good evening,
Thank you for your reply. I tried what is mentioned in your reply, however, I'm not exactly able to do as instructed, as I'm viewing my emails as "Use classic layout". If I remove the Preview Pane which is below, the emails are actually kept as Unread as I scroll up and down, but I can no longer preview them at all. What am I doing wrong or missing ? I basically would like to scroll up and down within my email list without turning them as read, but also to have a preview at the bottom.
No,
Turn off the "Classic Layout" and you can have up to five lines of preview in the message list.
Thank you. By turning it off, I now understand your explanations. Not exactly what I wanted (compared to Outlook), but close enough.
One more question, once you've opened an email, can you add an option to browse from one email to another ? Like clicking on an arrow to view the previous email or the next one ?
The behavior you (and I both) desire is not available in Mail. Many other mail clients I've used have the option to delay changing a message status to "read", but this has driven me nuts for years.
I'm now debating if I should use Outlook instead.
how to display mail as unread until you open it
