- Check your email settings
Review your email settings and see if there are any that are set to automatically mark emails as ‘read’.
- Filter your email messages
Create filters for your emails to direct specific emails from specific contacts into a particular folder.
- Check your email client
Make sure that your email client is configured to leave emails marked as ‘unread’ when you open them.
- Check your email security software
Ensure that any anti-virus and anti-spam software installed on your computer or email account is set to not automatically mark emails as ‘read’.