* Jon LaBadie <mut...@jgcomp.com> [10-02-22 17:40]:
> Maybe I'm overlooking something.  A "mark as read" command
> that works with tagged messages.
> 
> Sometimes I'll select and tag a group of messages I want to
> do something with.  Perhaps delete or perhaps save as a
> group.  If I'm going to save them I might want to mark them
> as read (even if I haven't really read them :).
> 
> So, use the semicolon (;) and enter the "<Esc> N" command
> that toggles the 'N' flag.  Whoops, it "toggles" the flag,
> so anything I have read gets the N flag turned on.
> 
> Maybe "<Ctrl> R", "mark the current thread as read".  Whoops,
> they are not all the same thread, so only one message gets
> marked as read.
> 
> Is there any command that will work with tagged messages to
> mark them as read irrespective of their current status or
> thread status?

the "read" flag is set by the existing, or not, header 
  Status: RO  <-- indicates msg has been read

add or remove that line as the last line of the msg header.
  
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