diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentMessages.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentMessages.java
index e38ae22fc7..c5f80939dc 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentMessages.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentMessages.java
@@ -3852,9 +3852,13 @@ public class FragmentMessages extends FragmentBase implements SharedPreferences.
                         if (!message.content)
                             EntityOperation.queue(context, message, EntityOperation.BODY);
 
-                        int ops = db.operation().getOperationCount(message.folder, message.id, EntityOperation.SEEN);
-                        if (account.auto_seen && !folder.read_only && (!message.seen || ops > 0))
-                            EntityOperation.queue(context, message, EntityOperation.SEEN, true);
+                        if (!folder.read_only)
+                            if (account.auto_seen) {
+                                int ops = db.operation().getOperationCount(message.folder, message.id, EntityOperation.SEEN);
+                                if (!message.seen || ops > 0)
+                                    EntityOperation.queue(context, message, EntityOperation.SEEN, true);
+                            } else
+                                db.message().setMessageUiIgnored(message.id, true);
                     }
 
                     db.setTransactionSuccessful();