[Tickets #8882] Re: DIMP: flags missing

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/8882
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  Ticket             | 8882
  Updated By         | Michael Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>
  Summary            | DIMP: flags missing
  Queue              | IMP
  Version            | Git master
  Type               | Bug
  State              | Feedback
  Priority           | 1. Low
  Milestone          |
  Patch              |
  Owners             | Michael Slusarz
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Michael Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org> (2010-03-12 17:24) wrote:

>> If "Label1" may mean TODO in T-bird, but will appear as "Label1" in IMP.
>
> I still think this might be useful for few people. Custom flags are  
> only used by power users anyway and my guess is that those are  
> happier with seing generic label names than no labels at all.
> The approach of collecting all flags and let the users decide which  
> ones they want might be the better the solution, but it's also more  
> work to implement.

I'm assuming you would be requesting a preference for this behavior,  
turned off by default?

>> AFAIK, only 4 other keywords outside of RFC 3501 have "official" RFC
>> designation.  See
>> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-melnikov-imap-keywords-10
>
> Those are the (to be excluded) $ flags anyway.

Unfortunately, this isn't always the case.  Putting '$' in front of a  
flag is a convention, but not a requirement.