Incoming messages marked as read

Hi,
First I'd like to chime in with those who hate that messages are immediately marked as read.
But here is my real, related, problem; Incoming messages become marked as read in the background. That is; I send myself a message, it comes in as unread. I switch to other apps and work for a while, come back and the new message is marked as read.
Ah, I just did another test, and found that if I have entourage running also (I'm switching to Mail, have been using Entourage), when it gets the mail, it's marked as read.

I apologize for being incompetent twice in one message. I've changed my profile. Thanks for pointing it out. I observed the behavior in Mail, so that's where I thought the problem was, (and maybe still is - why should another client affect Mail?). I'm switching from Entourage to Mail, that's why I'm running simultaneously for a few weeks. I've done it many times over the years of operating systems and clients, specifically two years ago when I switched to Apple's Mail, then after finding it lacking, one year ago when I switched back to Entourage. I also often answer email using a browser when I'm not on my machine at home. So I use three methods. I suppose that's wrong too. I noticed the connection between Entourage and Mail halfway through the post, so it turned from a question into a posting that someone else might find useful if they observe the same behavior. But now I know what an idiot I am so everybody ignore this post!

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Hi! I just purchased a Blackberry Curve 9300.. I sent an email (I have a yahoo account) using my blackberry to a friend on her Yahoo Mail address. I asked her to check whether she got my email and she said yes, although she did not open the email. The next time she opens her mail, my message was already marked as "Read". Could this be a problem with my device?? Or her address?? Thanks much

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From what you describe, there is no impact of the BB. The BB simply sent the email...whatever happened after that is completely out of the control of the BB and all of it's services. Something on her end must have happened to change the read status indicator of the message.
Good luck!
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Email messages marked as READ on my Exchange server

Hi,
My email account is retrieving my messages from my work's exchange server. When I read them on my BB they are marked as read on the server. I have missed metings and deadlines. I would like to enable that my messages on the server remain unread even if I view them on my BB. How do I do that?
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Messages > Options> email Reconciliation: Set to NO
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Why are new unread messages marked as read?

These problems popped up out of the blue last week. Nothing has changed in the Mail settings. I've worked with my ISP to isolate the problem as a Mac problem, not an ISP issue.
1. The new messages downloaded into Mail are not marked as unread, even if they they've never been opened or previewed. An occasional email will mark as unread. However, even if 5-10 new emails are downloaded at a time, they will usually all be identified as read.
The unread count doesn't change, even when new unread messages are downloaded.
2. At the same time that the issue popped up with the unread emails, a new Mail issue started. When Mail checks for updates it often shows that a new email is being downloaded and gives the audio alert for a new mail, but nothing has actually downloaded. I've checked my filters, trash and web mail to confirm that no new emails exist.
What I've tried:
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2. Worked with ISP to identify the issue as being a Mail issue. Settings are all appropriate.
3. Disabled Mail account, shut down Mail, shut down Mac, restarted Mac, enabled Mail. Problem continues.

This might be way off base because I do not have a really good understanding of email systems, but look at these:
1. When you Sync your iPhone, under the "Info" tab in iTunes, do you have it set to sync your email settings? If this is not checked, your iPhone and computer Mail settings could be different and Mail could think you read a message on your iPhone when you haven't.
2. In Settings in your iPhone, go to Mail, Contacts, Calendars>Your Account>Account Info>make sure everything is correct here and then>Advanced> check incoming settings and see if there is anything in IMAP Path Prefix. I think this should be blank for your POP account.
Also, since this is a POP account, by definition, if you have read a message, shouldn't it be excluded from your Inbox? I'm guessing there is a IMAP vs POP conflict somewhere.

Gmail IMAP and my BB - not showing messages marked as read

I have a Blackberry Curve 8530 with v5.0.xx installed. I just setup my Gmail IMAP on my BB and when I read a message on my BB it doesn't show as read on my computer and visa versa. Anybody know why this is happening??
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Jerry
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Not exactly. What I am saying is that your BB reconciles against your email Server. Your PC client as well reconciles against your email Server. The BB and the PC client do not reconcile against each other OTA -- the Server is always in the middle. What the BB will reconcile (against the server) is governed by the KB I linked you to. What your PC client will do is whatever it will do (I've no idea what your PC client is nor what it's capabilities are to reconcile things against your email server).
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How do I view a message in the reading pane without first having to open the message?

On my previous e-mail system, I was able to read the text of an incoming message in the reading pane below the selection of incoming messages without first having to open the incoming message about which I was curious. This had the advantage of allowing me to review and delete messages that appeared to be suspicious to me without first opening them and exposing my computer to the danger of an incoming & unwanted virus, etc. I am not able to do this with the new e-mail system and I an unable to find instructions on how to do this with your "Help" inquiry. Does Firefox have this capability? If so, how do I access it?

Firefox has no email features, it is just a web browser.
If you are using a web based email service such as Gmail or Hotmail, you will need to contact the support for the email service to see if they offer the feature that you want. Any email features will be part of the web based email service.

All incoming emails being marked as 'read' on my Droid x

All incoming emails to my pop3 or imap accounts are being automatically marked as 'Read'.
Any fix for this issue?
If I have outlook open, which is running exchange client Outlook 2007, and my Droid is running imap or pop3, messages being delivered are being displayed as READ.
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Have you installed any apps that auto display the emails when they come in? If so the auto read feature may be triggering this, I had a app at one time that showed my emails in the preview window and it made the emails be listed as read... I would check your apps and make sure you are not using something like this unknowingly.

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If you want to use multiple devices - move to imap, I would even say "exchange", but Google does not support free exchange anymore, since January of that year. So Ironically Icloud or Hotmail would be my choices right now.
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Two computers share the same WI-fi Modem . When computer A reads a message it is marked as read on both PC's, not allowing computer B to see what must still be read. Email is Thunderbird.
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Imap wasn't designed for this kind of multi user situation. It assumes that you the account owner will be using it to manage one account via multiple devices. So once you have read a message it has been read, regardless of which device you were using at the time.
You appear to be describing a situation where you want more than one user to read each message, without anyone knowing if anyone else has read it or even dealt with it. Frankly, I can't imagine a set of circumstances where this workflow would make sense or be useful.
You can do various things such as manually setting messages as unread, or moving them from one folder to another to indicate that they have been processed, but much of this relies on users being thorough and conscientious.
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