mark as unread in hotmail...why???

[bluedolphin]

why would u want to mark something as unread after u open it to see what was in it .....? why is there an Mark as Unread button on the hotmail toolbar.?????

[SteveD]

Perhaps to draw attention to it for further action later or to leave it for another person to read later.

[boognish76]

It's so, when you're reading another persons mail, they can't tell you've read it!

[pinus]

I don't use Hotmail, but in Outlook Express I do sometimes mark messages I've read as "unread" in order not to lose it.

[Laura-sakura]

I know its evil, but once I read some of my collegues emails, i marked them as unread and he didnt know they had been opened. Unfortunately for me, it wasn't anything interesting and I felt a little guilty afterwards.

[Grub]

Maybe wrong but... isn't it possable to request notification of when a sent e-mail has been opened (incase receiver is on holiday, or simply not reading their mail!), ...and 'mark as unread' blocked this notification?