diff --git a/mail/js/app.js b/mail/js/app.js
index 86bfe2575f..846df93b5e 100644
--- a/mail/js/app.js
+++ b/mail/js/app.js
@@ -645,6 +645,7 @@ app.classes.mail = AppJS.extend(
 
 		// When body is requested, mail is marked as read by the mail server.  Update UI to match.
 		if (typeof dataElem != 'undefined' && typeof dataElem.data != 'undefined' && typeof dataElem.data.flags != 'undefined' && typeof dataElem.data.flags.read != 'undefined') dataElem.data.flags.read = 'read';
+		this.mail_removeRowClass(messages,'recent');
 		this.mail_removeRowClass(messages,'unseen');
 		egw.jsonq('mail.mail_ui.ajax_flagMessages',['read', messages, false]);
 		// Pre-load next email already so user gets it faster