Hello Andreas, Starting on Saturday, March 27, 2004 at 00:00 GMT +0100, Andreas Schwartmann [AS] began reducing crayon use by typing:
JA>> Or "Message is unread but isn't time sensitive" JA>> Or "Message is important/has useful information" AS> But in order to qualify the mail for either of these groups, you need AS> to read it before. So the flagging is rather a manual thing, not AS> something done by filtering, right? Not necessarily. I get some lists (subscribed advertising) that I only occasionally care to look at. So my filter marks it as read and flagged when it gets moved to the appropriate folder. Once I've read it, then the flag comes off. I don't do the following, but I've thought about flagging messages from certain posters to mailing lists since I might want to read their messages with some other priority than normal. I use a combination of colour groups and folders to organize my mailing list mail. Flagging (and parking) gives me an additional level of organization within that general structure. Parking has some meaning imposed (don't move/delete) which may or may not be appropriate. But flagging, just like colour groups can be used however you like. Just like colour groups, there isn't any predefined use or benefit. The only advantage is that you can filter/view messages more comfortably. Oh, and I guess parking isn't ideal because the parked status is usually* cleared when moving messages across folders. * There are exceptions, I just won't go into them here. -- Thanks for writing, Januk Aggarwal ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 2.05 beta 12 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
