[otrs] New Message/Caching Problem

Hope someone out there can help. Running 2.1.4 (Linux) and for some odd reason my New Message counts are not going down once I either zoom into the ticket to read the response. It only seems to reduce the number if I act upon the ticket/change state etc and sometimes not even then. As a newbie to the OTRS system I am a bit at a loss, I have scowered the docs and last couple months on the list. Thoughts, maybe I am just missing something right in front of me :( Chris Trolitsch - QA/Support Manager with Semotus Systems, Vancouver Division