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mark thread as "read" is kaput

Feb 3, 2005 2:34PM PST

a 25 post thread is marked as "read" (white triangle)after reading 2 posts


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This always happened for me Jonah ...
Feb 3, 2005 9:38PM PST

... then the red dot comes back with any number of new posts. But if I open the thread and don't read all the new posts, it doesn't matter ... the triangle goes white.

Evie Happy

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I noted that and Lee wrote back.
Feb 4, 2005 1:27AM PST

The behaviour is noted as "supposed to do that." Read carefully the words...

"Once you have opened a discussion marked with a orange arrow (), whether you have read through the discussion in its entirety or not, it will be marked with a clear arrow () indicating that you have read the discussion."