Why does an email not show as read in Mail (Mail 5.2 on Lion 10.7.3) when i read it outside of Mail?

I use google apps at work thus have a gmail email address.  I have the setting in iCloud set to sync mail but when i read an email on my iphone (or even when i log into gmail directly) it does not show as a read email in Mail.  I would very much like to use Mail on my laptop, but having to read every email multiple times has stopped me from doing so.  Any help would be appreciated.

Hello,
Do you use IMAP settings in Mail on your laptop or is it POP ? The first one is recommanded for what you want and it will sync between devices.
And check again your preferences in Gmail to see if everything is correct and if IMAP is activated.

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