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PLEASE!!! Only answer this if you have completely UNDERSTOOD my question. I've seen countless threads here where people are asking the same question, but the reply they get is NOT the answer to their question.
Pay Attention!!
Microsoft 365 - Outlook (desktop or web) (NOTE: Not regular Outlook (which was wonderful and powerful), but the %^%$## product from M...365 which looks like it was written for little kids writing to their BFFs or for grandmas).
Mark an item as read ONLY AFTER YOU OPEN IT. Not previewed, but opened. Not replied to, but opened!
Do NOT try to tell me how to keep it from marking it read when I view it in the reading pane, or move selection, or after 5 seconds. I DON"T NEED THAT! Pay Attention!
I need a button (in microsoft 365 outlook) that says to mark as read when item is opened just like I had in the original program (that my office has forced me to get rid of in favor of this mess).
BTW - I tried to post a screenshot (as suggested above) but it doesn't work (surprise!!)
moved from: Outlook / Outlook.com / Settings
Configuring preferences and options in Outlook on the web for business
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I just found it!
View > Mail > Message Handling > Mark as read > Don't automatically mark items as read
Microsoft, hire me. I found something your Agents took six months and still can't find.
+1 for wanting an option to "mark as read when opened"
Odd and a little frustrating that this went away with the new version of outlook.
And here's another contribution to the long list of people unhappy with the new Outlook version.
I would like a solution for the "Mark emails as read after opening them" issue, too.
Same issue here. After opening or viewing an email, it should be marked read. This is not rocket science.
Great Terry! Just was forced to take this New Outlook into use and how in the earth MS tech support people can´t understand this need you and I have!