I’m not quite sure how you managed to do this :(
I have my INBOX, and I can set rules there, but under Actions, there’s
no option to assign a color.
Do you have another way to achieve this?
Or did you mean that you created a smart mailbox with specific
conditions?
---
So after some testing, I figured it out:
I created a smart mailbox and set conditions to specify which emails
should be highlighted.
Then, on the smart mailbox itself, I did the following:
1. Right-click -> Color -> Red
2. Right-click -> Color -> `Use Color in Message List`
Now, when I switch to a different mailbox where these messages are also
visible, the color remains.
The smart mailbox can be placed somewhere - it is just for the color.
One minor drawback: the mailbox name in the tree on the left side only
changes the icon’s color but not the mailbox name itself. However,
this is not critical.
Note: Initially, I expected the color to be set in the Rules/Actions as
an Action called `set color`. While this is achievable, it requires
multiple steps (adding a tag, then creating a smart mailbox with a
condition for this tag and setting the color). This approach would
necessitate creating many smart mailboxes solely for color management.
# Summary:
- A request to add an action for `set color`/`remove color`
- A request to add an action for `set font style: bold | underline |
italic | strikethrough` / `remove font style`
- An option to color the mailbox name in the tree as well: `Apply Color
to Mailbox Name`
The change made through an action should always override the smart
mailbox coloring.
On 10 Jan 2025, at 16:50, Paul MASSENDARI wrote:
Dear Henry,
Thank you very much for your quick answer. I was not aware of this
possibility of styling from the menu and this lead me to read in the
updated doc that this feature has been removed.
I was sad at first that this feature has been removed but thanks to
you I now found out that one can now mimic the same behavior by
creating a rule with a smart mailbox for every email with the tag
« Done » and then to apply color to this very mailbox.
It is very convenient in my opinion to have all the emails that
requires no more attention from me to be colored in green (and the
urgent emails in red)
Many thanks and all best wishes,
Paul
On 10 Jan 2025, at 15:46, Henry Seiden wrote:
Paul,
I use the menus instead of editing the respective plist to color the
Sources (NB, the coloring done that way only applies the the single
source folder). If the coloring is done in the Styles will it apply
to all submailboxes?
It works quite well my way for my purposes, but was a lot more work
perhaps than your way. so I have colored settings for certain sub
mailboxes (Archive, Sent) per Account to specific colors as well.
Whichever way you do it, remember to save the .plist settings made to
be used for migrations to other CPU’s. I do that on a regular basis
and utilize that (from my iCloud Storage)whenever changing to a new
CPU.
Respectfully,
Henry Seiden
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Techworks Pro Co.
E: info<at>techworkspro<dot>com
W: http://techworkspro.com
On 10 Jan 2025, at 9:21, Paul MASSENDARI wrote:
Hi,
I used to apply custom styling to my message list by editing
Style.plist `~/Library/Application\ Support/MailMate/Styles.plist`
where I used to apply styling to my messages as below (basically it
colors the message in green if the message is tagged with the tag
DONE etc.)
```
{ styles = (
{ type = keyword;
keyword = 'Done';
color = "#17bf17";
fontStyle = "bold";
},
{ type = keyword;
keyword = 'RemindMe';
color = "#e8d105";
fontStyle = "bold";
},
{ type = keyword;
keyword = 'Important';
color = "#cc2e0e";
fontStyle = "bold";
}
);
}
```
But it seems like it does not work anymore since MailMate 2.0+
Does anyone here encountered the same issue ?
Many thanks in advance and all best wishes,
Paul
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