diff --git a/extensions/webmail/imap_listing.py b/extensions/webmail/imap_listing.py
index 4f16e3ea0..cc1cea565 100644
--- a/extensions/webmail/imap_listing.py
+++ b/extensions/webmail/imap_listing.py
@@ -212,9 +212,13 @@ class IMAPconnector(object):
                 result[name] = None
         return result
 
-    def msgseen(self, imapid):
-        folder, id = imapid.split("/")
-        self.m.store(id, "+FLAGS", "\\Seen")
+    def msg_unread(self, folder, msgset):
+        self.m.select(self._encodefolder(folder), True)
+        self.m.store(msgset, "-FLAGS", "\\Seen")
+
+    def msg_read(self, folder, msgset):
+        self.m.select(self._encodefolder(folder), True)
+        self.m.store(msgset, "+FLAGS", "\\Seen")
 
     def msgforwarded(self, folder, imapid):
         self.m.select(self._encodefolder(folder), True)
diff --git a/extensions/webmail/main.py b/extensions/webmail/main.py
index 2e537c56f..1da4e8db6 100644
--- a/extensions/webmail/main.py
+++ b/extensions/webmail/main.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def viewmail(request, folder, mail_id=None):
 def getmailcontent(request, folder, mail_id):
     msg = fetchmail(request, folder, mail_id, True)
     if "class" in msg.keys() and msg["class"] == "unseen":
-        IMAPconnector(request).msgseen(msg["imapid"])
+        IMAPconnector(request).msg_read(*msg["imapid"].split("/"))
         email = ImapEmail(msg, mode="html", links="1")
     try:
         pageid = request.session["page"]
@@ -182,6 +182,21 @@ def delete(request, fdname, mail_id):
     mbc.move(mail_id, fdname, "Trash")
     return folder(request, fdname, False)
 
+@login_required
+def mark(request, name):
+    if not request.GET.has_key("status") or not request.GET.has_key("ids"):
+        return
+    mbc = IMAPconnector(request)
+    ids = request.GET["ids"].split(',')
+    msgset = []
+    for id in ids:
+        msgset.append(id.split("/")[1])
+    try:
+        getattr(mbc, "msg_%s" % request.GET["status"])(name, ",".join(msgset))
+    except AttributeError:
+        pass
+    return folder(request, name, False)
+
 @login_required
 def empty(request, name):
     mbc = IMAPconnector(request)
diff --git a/extensions/webmail/templates/index.html b/extensions/webmail/templates/index.html
index 29bc90f4e..cdfe872aa 100644
--- a/extensions/webmail/templates/index.html
+++ b/extensions/webmail/templates/index.html
@@ -259,6 +259,22 @@ ul.visible {
       }
     });
 
+    buildmarkrequest = function(evt) {
+      evt.stop();
+      if (!selectedRows.length) {
+        return;
+      }
+      var ids = new Array();
+      selectedRows.each(function(item, index) {
+        ids.include(item.get("id"));
+      });
+      current_anchor.parse_string(evt.target.get("href"), true);
+      current_anchor.updateparams("ids=" + ids.join());
+      current_anchor.update();
+    }
+    $$("a[name=mark-read]").addEvent("click", buildmarkrequest);
+    $$("a[name=mark-unread]").addEvent("click", buildmarkrequest);
+
     $$("tr").each(function(item) {
       new Drag.Move(item, {
         droppables: ".droppable",
diff --git a/extensions/webmail/templatetags/webextras.py b/extensions/webmail/templatetags/webextras.py
index 4ee9340df..2193cb17f 100644
--- a/extensions/webmail/templatetags/webextras.py
+++ b/extensions/webmail/templatetags/webextras.py
@@ -65,9 +65,11 @@ def listing_menu(selection, folder, perms):
          "class" : "menubardropdown",
          "menu" : [
                 {"name" : "mark-read",
-                 "label" : _("As read")},
+                 "label" : _("As read"),
+                 "url" : reverse(webmail.main.mark, args=[folder]) + "?status=read"},
                 {"name" : "mark-unread",
-                 "label" : _("As unread")}
+                 "label" : _("As unread"),
+                 "url" : reverse(webmail.main.mark, args=[folder]) + "?status=unread"}
                 ]
          }
         ]
diff --git a/extensions/webmail/urls.py b/extensions/webmail/urls.py
index 7bab03060..ec679a88d 100644
--- a/extensions/webmail/urls.py
+++ b/extensions/webmail/urls.py
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('mailng.extensions.webmail.main',
                        (r'^$', "index"),
                        (r'^compose/$', "compose"),
                        (r'^move/$', "move"),
-                       (r'^empty/(?P<name>.+)/', "empty"),
+                       (r'^mark/(?P<name>.+)/$', "mark"),
+                       (r'^empty/(?P<name>.+)/$', "empty"),
                        (r'^(?P<folder>.+)/(?P<mail_id>[\w\-\+]+)/part/$', 'getattachment'),
                        (r'^(?P<fdname>.+)/(?P<mail_id>[\w\-\+]+)/delete/$', 'delete'),
                        (r'^(?P<folder>.+)/(?P<mail_id>[\w\-\+]+)/content/$', 'getmailcontent'),