To mark an inbound email or text message as read hover your cursor over the message on the notification bar and click the word Ignore in the upper right.
Why Ignore Instead of Mark as Read
By ignoring the conversation you are able to later locate messages you've read to review and follow-up with if necessary!
To view your ignored conversations click on your conversations icon on the top menu bar.
Click on the Ignored inbox under Tags in the Conversations inbox menu:
By default you'll be on today's conversations. To switch to a previous day's Ignored messages, click the Date Selector (Today) and choose another date.
Click here for more information on the Conversations menu!