FWIW, the script works great most of the time, since the list doesn't scroll if it's already at the top. It's just when I have an older message that I use it on that the problem happens. I mapped it to control-U for "unread"...
> I'm exactly the same way. My brain seems to ignore flags but instantly > zeroes in on unread messages. I do the same thing as you � mark the > messages as unread. It seems to me that in Entourage 2001, the > last-selected message didn't automatically open in the Preview Pane so that > it remained unread. Same thing when reading newsgroup posts. I too don't > like the way Entourage 2004 handles this. > > My own workaround is to always select a read message before moving on, but > if someone fixes your script, I'm going to try it. > > Beth > > > On 12/29/04 10:56 PM, "Michael J. Kobb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I tried using flag for follow-up and so on, but it just doesn't fit into my >> normal though process like "oh, there's an unread message there". >> >> >> >> >>> On 12/29/04 10:05:48 PM, "Michael J. Kobb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> Sometimes, I will read a message, but then mark it unread because I want >>>> to remember to do something with that message later. >>>> >>>> One of the few things I dislike about Entourage is that if I mark a >>>> message as unread, but leave it selected, then if I go to another folder >>>> and >>>> return, the message is once again marked as read, since I have the Preview >>>> pane visible, and the previously-selected message is again displayed. >>>> >>>> So, I wrote a little script and assigned it to a control key. The script >>>> marks the current message as unread, then de-selects it so that when I >>>> return to that folder, it won't be re-displayed and marked as read unless I >>>> want it to. >>>> >>>> But, there's a problem. If the message in question is not in the first >>>> screen-full of items, then when I run the script, the list of messages >>>> scrolls all the way to the top. Is there a better way to de-select the >>>> message than what I'm doing? >>> >>> While what you are doing could be considered a bug in Entourage. There are >>> many other ways to mark a message as needing to be dealt with. I'm curious, >>> do you use flagging or categories? >>> > -- "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." Theodore Roosevelt, 1918 -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
