On Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2015 09:49:12 +0000 Pete Biggs <p...@biggs.org.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 2015-12-02 at 01:24 -0500, Mark Foley wrote: > > 3. I've "labeled" one of the messages as 'Important' (right-click message > > > Label > Important). This is indicated on the 'Label' drop-down as a red > > square. > > However, the message does not show this anywhere. I can select 'Show > > > Important' and it does filter by that, but I'd like to see the red square > > somewhere in my message list view. Doable? > > > Messages marked as "Important" will be coloured red in the message list > and have a flag/indicator in the third column (the actual icon used > depends on your window manager and theme). There is no indication in > the message view of the flag status. > > But you should also be aware that there is a difference between the > "Important" flag (Right click > Mark as Important) and the Evolution > internal label "Important" (Right click > Label > Important). The > labels only apply to the messages on a specific machine - i.e. they are > held in a local database; the flag, which is an IMAP property, will be > present on whatever client is using the IMAP store. > > Yes, I know it's confusing, it's historical. The rationale is that the > labels can be modified to say anything - it just so happens one of them > says "Important" by default; the Flag is a marker that by convention > means "this message is important" on mail clients. Yes, confusing. Here is another comment from Milan Crha in response to your comment: On Wed, 02 Dec 2015 13:13:20 +0100 Milan Crha <mc...@redhat.com> wrote: > this is true only if the server doesn't support custom flags. If it > does, then even the labels are stored server-side (IMAP speaking). > Furthermore, Evolution uses the same standard labels as Thunderbird, > thus you can see what you've set in Thunderbird when opening the same > folder in the Evolution and vice versa. Milan's point about Thunderbird answers another question (why label names are the same in Tbird and Evolution). But here's the thing: When I 'tag' something to e.g. "Personal" in Thunderbird (green), it shows up as green in Evolution. But when I 'label' something as "Personal" (green) in Evolution, it does not show in Thunderbird. 'Tagging' in Thunderbird adds tag letters to the IMAP filename (e.g. the trailing "b" in cur/1449002747.6406_0.mail:2,Sb). 'Labeling' in Evolution does not. So, does Evolution have the ability to do actual IMAP flagging like Thunderbird? Evolution does seem to be able to properly render IMAP flags, but can it set the flags? Evolution 'labels' appear to be an internal thing. --Mark _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
