Do not automatically mark emails as read

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Hello,

Do you want to prevent Microsoft Outlook 2013 from marking email as read?

There are a couple reasons to not mark email as read, for example:
  • You are skimming your email and want to return to new email later
  • You are reading the email from a shared mailbox or other account owner and they have not seen the email yet
To adjust the "automatically mark emails as read" settings, first go to the View tab:

Microsoft Outlook 2013 View Tab.jpg


Next, click on Reading Pane and select Options:

Microsoft Outlook 2013 Reading Pane Options.jpg


Check the box for "mark items as read when viewed in the reading pane" and then pick the number of seconds:

Microsoft Outlook 2013 Reading Pane Mark Item Read.jpg


To increase the delay before marking an email as read I suggest 15 seconds.

To effectively disable marking email as read I suggest 999 seconds.

When you are done making the configuration update click OK to save the new settings.
 
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