diff --git a/mailnews/base/public/nsIMsgDBView.idl b/mailnews/base/public/nsIMsgDBView.idl
index e004a62a84e8..349828fb5104 100644
--- a/mailnews/base/public/nsIMsgDBView.idl
+++ b/mailnews/base/public/nsIMsgDBView.idl
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ interface nsIMsgDBView : nsISupports
     readonly attribute boolean supportsThreading;
 
     attribute nsIMsgSearchSession searchSession;
+    readonly attribute boolean removeRowOnMoveOrDelete; 
 
 	nsMsgViewIndex findIndexFromKey(in nsMsgKey aMsgKey, in boolean aExpand);
 };
diff --git a/mailnews/base/resources/content/mailContextMenus.js b/mailnews/base/resources/content/mailContextMenus.js
index be4955b2ada5..6075ec96ec11 100644
--- a/mailnews/base/resources/content/mailContextMenus.js
+++ b/mailnews/base/resources/content/mailContextMenus.js
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@
 // (onpopuphiding).
 function RestoreSelectionWithoutContentLoad(tree)
 {
+    // If a delete or move command had been issued, then we should
+    // reset gRightMouseButtonDown and gThreadPaneDeleteOrMoveOccurred
+    // and return (see bug 142065).
+    if(gThreadPaneDeleteOrMoveOccurred)
+    {
+      gRightMouseButtonDown = false;
+      gThreadPaneDeleteOrMoveOccurred = false;
+      return;
+    }
+
     var treeBoxObj = tree.treeBoxObject;
     var treeSelection = treeBoxObj.selection;
 
@@ -49,7 +59,7 @@ function RestoreSelectionWithoutContentLoad(tree)
         if(tree.id == "threadTree")
           gThreadPaneCurrentSelectedIndex = treeSelection.currentIndex;
     }
-    else if(!gThreadPaneDeleteOrMoveOccurred && (treeSelection.currentIndex < 0))
+    else if(treeSelection.currentIndex < 0)
         // Clear the selection in the case of when a folder has just been
         // loaded where the message pane does not have a message loaded yet.
         // When right-clicking a message in this case and dismissing the
diff --git a/mailnews/base/resources/content/msgMail3PaneWindow.js b/mailnews/base/resources/content/msgMail3PaneWindow.js
index de9ff40c1f4b..2d31a99040dc 100644
--- a/mailnews/base/resources/content/msgMail3PaneWindow.js
+++ b/mailnews/base/resources/content/msgMail3PaneWindow.js
@@ -1328,22 +1328,42 @@ function GetCompositeDataSource(command)
 	return null;
 }
 
+// Figures out how many messages are selected (hilighted - does not necessarily
+// have the dotted outline) above a given index row value in the thread pane.
+function NumberOfSelectedMessagesAboveCurrentIndex(index)
+{
+  var numberOfMessages = 0;
+  var indicies = GetSelectedIndices(gDBView);
+
+  if (indicies && indicies.length)
+  {
+    for (var i = 0; i < indicies.length; i++)
+    {
+      if (indicies[i] < index)
+        ++numberOfMessages;
+      else
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  return numberOfMessages;
+}
+
 function SetNextMessageAfterDelete()
 {
   var treeSelection = GetThreadTree().treeBoxObject.selection;
 
-  gThreadPaneDeleteOrMoveOccurred = true;
-  if (treeSelection.isSelected(treeSelection.currentIndex))
-    gNextMessageViewIndexAfterDelete = gDBView.msgToSelectAfterDelete;
-  else if (treeSelection.currentIndex > gThreadPaneCurrentSelectedIndex)
-    // Since the currentIndex (the row with the outline/dotted line) is greater
-    // than the currently selected row (the row that is highlighted), we need to
-    // make sure that upon a Delete or Move of the selected row, the highlight
-    // returns to the currentIndex'ed row.  It is necessary to subtract 1
-    // because the row being deleted is above the row with the currentIndex.
-    // If the subtraction is not done, then the highlight will end up on the
-    // row listed after the currentIndex'ed row.
-    gNextMessageViewIndexAfterDelete = treeSelection.currentIndex - 1;
+  // Only set gThreadPaneDeleteOrMoveOccurred to true if the message was
+  // truly moved to the trash or deleted, as opposed to an IMAP delete
+  // (where it is only "marked as deleted".  This will prevent bug 142065.
+  //
+  // If it's an IMAP delete, then just set gNextMessageViewIndexAfterDelete
+  // to treeSelection.currentIndex (where the outline is at) because nothing
+  // was moved or deleted from the folder.
+  if(gDBView.removeRowOnMoveOrDelete)
+  {
+    gThreadPaneDeleteOrMoveOccurred = true;
+    gNextMessageViewIndexAfterDelete = treeSelection.currentIndex - NumberOfSelectedMessagesAboveCurrentIndex(treeSelection.currentIndex);
+  }
   else
     gNextMessageViewIndexAfterDelete = treeSelection.currentIndex;
 }
diff --git a/mailnews/base/src/nsMsgDBView.cpp b/mailnews/base/src/nsMsgDBView.cpp
index 9988ba938cff..5a6b3ebf42a0 100644
--- a/mailnews/base/src/nsMsgDBView.cpp
+++ b/mailnews/base/src/nsMsgDBView.cpp
@@ -5242,6 +5242,24 @@ nsMsgDBView::GetMsgToSelectAfterDelete(nsMsgViewIndex *msgToSelectAfterDelete)
   return NS_OK;
 }
 
+NS_IMETHODIMP 
+nsMsgDBView::GetRemoveRowOnMoveOrDelete(PRBool *aRemoveRowOnMoveOrDelete)
+{
+  NS_ENSURE_ARG_POINTER(aRemoveRowOnMoveOrDelete);
+  nsCOMPtr <nsIMsgImapMailFolder> imapFolder = do_QueryInterface(m_folder);
+  if (!imapFolder) {
+    *aRemoveRowOnMoveOrDelete = PR_TRUE;
+    return NS_OK;
+  }
+
+  // need to update the imap-delete model, can change more than once in a session.
+  GetImapDeleteModel(nsnull);
+
+  // unlike the other imap delete models, "mark as deleted" does not remove rows on delete (or move)
+  *aRemoveRowOnMoveOrDelete = (mDeleteModel != nsMsgImapDeleteModels::IMAPDelete);
+  return NS_OK;
+}
+
 
 NS_IMETHODIMP 
 nsMsgDBView::GetCurrentlyDisplayedMessage(nsMsgViewIndex *currentlyDisplayedMessage)