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Sometimes when I log onto the forum and I have a couple of unread topics, those topics all get marked 'read' as soon as I return to the main forum page after having read just one of them. I suppose this shouldn't be happening, so wanted to give you the heads up. It's been happening for some time now, so it's not something temporary.

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It probably isn't 'read' status, but whether they are 'new' or not since your last visit. If you visit one, then bounce back to the main page, it can switch the new indicators off. The best way around this if you have a lot of new posts to view is to use the 'Today's Post' option at the top of the forum to view the recent ones, then right click on the ones you want to read and open each of them in a new tab. You can do this in each forum as well, but the previous option might be a little more efficient.
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Ah that's probably it. I'll use the Today's Posts option from now on. Thanks for the feedback Vice.
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