Stop Automatic Mark As Read

How can it be done that mail only changes an email's status to read if changed manually. I do not want mail to change an email to read just because it was viewed or clicked upon.
Thanks

I do not want mail to change an email to read just because it was viewed or clicked upon.
There is no way to accomplish what you ask. But if you want to avoid having an email automatically changed to Read status when you slick on it, you need to change your viewing habits. Double-Click on the small round button on the divider bar in Mail to make it just a list of your emails. Then you can scroll through them and they will only be marked as Read when you double-click on them to read them in a separate window.
Mulder

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