[Tickets #4867] Change Important flag to Flag for followup

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/?id=4867
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 Ticket             | 4867
 Created By         | Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck at horde.org>
 Summary            | Change Important flag to Flag for followup
 Queue              | IMP
 Version            | HEAD
 Type               | Enhancement
 State              | Accepted
 Priority           | 1. Low
 Owners             | 
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Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck at horde.org> (2007-01-10 21:42) wrote:

Email thread between Chuck and Jan:

Zitat von Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck at horde.org>:

> I'd like to change the Important flag (which is really \\FLAGGED in  
> IMAP) in IMP to "flag for followup" (and removing the flag would be  
> "clear flag" or similar). DIMP already does this, and so do a lot of  
> other programs.
>
> One other possibility would be to automatically clear the flag on  
> reply - I'm not sure if that's standard practice though.
>
> Any objections?

My first reaction was: yes, let the users decide what the flag means  
to them. But then I thought how I am actually using the flag, and it's  
exactly like in your proposal and I always have to remove the flag  
manually when replying. Or a bit shorter: no.