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Package: kmail
Version: 2.2-0.alpha2.1
Severity: wishlist

I very much like the way kmail highlights folders with unread 
messages in the folder list.  However it'd be nice if the highlight 
colour could distinguish different types of message status.  So for 
example:

 - if a folder contains "new" messages the folder highlight should
   be the "new" colour
 - otherwise if the folder contains "unread" messages the highlight
   should be the "unread" colour
 - otherwise if it contains "flagged" messages the highlight should
   be the "flagged" colour

Would this be easy to do?

On a related note would it be possible to add an option to prevent 
"new" messages from automatically changing to "unread" when I leave a 
folder?  It's confusing to have messages changing status without my 
having done anything to them.  Maybe it's just me but to me "new" 
means "I haven't read this message at all" and "unread" means "I had 
a quick glance at the message and then marked it unread to remind me 
to go back and read it properly later".  So it'd be nice if messages 
just stayed "new" until I read them.

Thanks for a great mailer by the way!