So if I get a notification (ie. someone winked/is interested from daily 5) or "your daily/weekly matches" email and view the email (after it downloads pictures) - that is all that it takes to get the status changed?
I wish they would only change the status when I physically go on the web site. Not that I care right now.
That's what the link BBJ posted (well, I had to do some poking from there, but...) seems to say. Opening a Match email (I expect actually loading the pics is what triggers it) updates your activity date. I think it's possible that when Thunderbird downloads my messages and marks them as read it might do it, but I don't think it should. I know I had not logged on, but I had opened daily fives, so there seems to be truth in that.
It does't seem quite right. Just clicking accidentally on the wrong line can do it, I think.