How to prevent thunderbird gmail/IMAP from marking deleted/archived emails as read
- by Jesse
I have thunderbird setup to use gmail IMAP. I followed the various guides that recommend setting Edit-Account Settings-Server Settings-When I delete a message-Remove it immediately. Unfortunately this didn't have quite the effect I wanted and after more digging I discovered here that:
[Thunderbird] [Gmail]
Mark Deleted = Archive
Copy to [Gmail]/Trash = Delete Permanently
Remove it immediately = Archive
Unfortunately whenever I deleted (archived) a message it was also marked as read whether it had been or not. I didn't want this because I like to keep my inbox clean and archive anything that doesn't actually matter, such as funny emails, etc. and then go back and look through the archive later when I have time.
What settings do I need to prevent messages from being marked read when I delete them?
I'm using Thunderbird 17.0 on Ubuntu 12.04