Mail not marking messages/conversations as read correctly

Dear All,
I recently got rid of Outlook for Mac (too buggy) and came back to Mail (much improved during my absence ). I have an Exchange account, plus a GMail and a iCloud. I use Mountain Lion from a Mac Mini and a Macbook Pro, and they both show the same problem.
The problem is the following (occurs at least on the Exchange account - probably also on the others, but I use them less, so I am not 100% sure at the moment):
1. Certain messages are not marked as read after viewing, and they keep showing as Unread until I mark them as read manually.
2. in addition to that, when messages are grouped by conversation, the conversations containing some of such messages, in their "collapsed" form, often do not show the last message received as you expect, but some older message - which makes the risk of marking the conversation as read by mistake much more likely, even if there are some truly unread messages in it. You just see an old message/conversation showing as unread, so you just mark it as read, and miss all newer messages. This has already caused a couple of incidents at work, and it's only one week I came back to Mail.
For problem 1. I have seen other threads in Apple Support Communities, but sadly, all the "solutions" are just workarounds - close and reopen Mail, deactivate and reactivate the mail account, mark manually, and so on - I know they work, but the problem is always there, and my guestimate is that it affects 5-10% of the emails I receive, which implies a continuous annoyance, given the number of email we all receive nowadays.
So, I am looking for some real solution, not the usual workarounds which actually do not resolve much. Please please please, spare me the shame to come back to Outlook - I will be grateful forever
Thank you,
Alfonso

So it seems nobody has an answer... I have to enjoy marking messages as read manually all day...

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