Solved Auto mark email as read option

[WildEnte]

@cjcr I get that, but, as I said, tricky when the whole concept of Vivaldi Mail revolves around doing work in Unread. If an automated read time is set, it cannot apply to the Unread view.

[Cjcr]

@wildente Maybe can hide the unview thing when the option to "mark as read automatically when you click in it" option is mark. I am sure that the Vivaldi team can make happy to all of us... the idea is there.

[wiekeinzweiter]

Today Vivaldi came out with Mail (beta) for all.
And I have to say: Where can I set E-Mails marked as read after xX seconds?
So I voted up for this feature request.
For me this option as shown in post #7 is really missing.

[skatanax]

Same. This behaviour to not automaticly mark as read the emails clicked is sadly a deal breaker for using Vivaldi Mail instead of my classic email app

[Ayespy]

@skatanax Upvote the feature request. M2 had the option. I'm sure M3 can have it as well. In about 35 years on standalone email clients I have never needed/wanted the feature, but I know some people depend on it, being unable to make use of the unseen/unread distinction that M2 offered and M3 offers. So, support the feature request.

[Faggi]

Yes, i want also use as in M2 the mark read after x sec, now here its uncomfortable in a way.

If there is an option like M2 everyone should be happy to use it at his own need.

[McRoth]

I'm looking for this option also!

[mattshepherd]

Ditto! Mail should be marked as read after being opened. This is default behaviour in every other mail app I've ever used.

[Cjcr]

Any progress on this?

[Pesala]

@cjcr Two months is not long. Mail is still in beta. We might see see another Snapshot before the weekend, but we won't know what bug fixes and new features are included until we see it.

[mlgEonian]

@maiiler Oh, yes, OPTIONAL, as I am also consufed about "seen" and "read".... I was about to ask for optional mark as "seen", believing it is marked as "read".

Well, an optional "mark as seen after XX seconds" and Well, an optional "mark as read after XX seconds" would be nice, with XX = 0 meaning "do not mark as seen/read automatically".

[jdvernet]

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[mattshepherd]

Is four months long? This may seem minor, but it's a persistent and ongoing irritant that breaks from the default behaviour of all other mail clients I've used.

[Pesala]

@mattshepherd No, four months is not long. The built-in email client was announced as planned when the first Technical Preview was released in January 2015, and early versions even had a (non-functional) mail panel. It was only on June 9th 2021 that Beta email was included in the Stable release.

Four or five years is a long time to wait. Hopefully, we will see some key improvements to the email client by the end of this year.

[Ayespy]

@mattshepherd It email development, it turns out four or five months is a blink of an eye. Email turns out to be more complex to develop than a browser.

[Cjcr]

We will wait a bit more for this feature...

[WildEnte]

@ayespy said in Click to "Mark as Read" automatically in any mail/feed:

M2 had the option.

Really? I don't think so, at least I don't seem to find that option in M2.

I still don't understand how this feature is supposed to work. Do people who want this option read their email in Received only? What is going to be the purpose of the Unread view? Will the unread view be hidden if the option is turned on, or will the feature only apply for viewing emails in Reeived? (You can't read an email in unread which automatically marks itself as read and then, by definition, vanishes from unread while you read it.)

[Pesala]

@wildente The option exists for POP3 accounts, not for IMAPI.

[WildEnte]

@pesala OK but then this is a setting to resolve the issue that there is no client / server sync with POP3, and marking the message read "if already downloaded" tries to make pop kind of work a bit like IMAP. Essentially to limit the pain when working with more than one client on the same Pop account. Correct?

If so, then that is not what folks are asking for, they want the message to be marked read within one client upon click or after a custom period of time. This seems to be independent of the need to sync between clients

So it would really help to understand not just that the wish for that option exists, but how that feature is supposed to result in a benefit, and how the implementation might look like.

[Cjcr]

Hello,

I think the idea we having, is, if you click in any new mail or feed (when click on it or when you move with the arrow key) is to mark that mail/feed as VIEWED AND READ (in a specific time or 0secons) when the action happens. Nothing more, nothing less. Currently, we have to press K key.

This is implemented in all mails clients that I know.

Currently, I only using one account in Vivaldi because this option for me is important. All other accounts are in eMClient.

Hope the Vivaldi team can work on this soon.