Open Bug 249438 Opened 20 years ago Updated 2 years ago

Disable "Get Flagged (starred) Messages" when no messages flagged

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Product:
Thunderbird
Component:
Mail Window Front End
Type:
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

People

(Reporter: mcow, Unassigned)

Details

Menu items:
  File | Offline | Get Flagged Messages
  <thread pane context> | Get Flagged Messages  [new in 1.8]
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
Assignee: sspitzer → mail
Component: MailNews: Main Mail Window → Mail Window Front End
Product: Mozilla Application Suite → Thunderbird
Summary: Disable "Get Flagged Messages" when no messages flagged → Disable "Get Flagged (starred) Messages" when no messages flagged
QA Contact: front-end
hmm, not clear how realistic this is.  would we really enumerate an account's starred messages for an any reason
Get Flagged is an instance where "flag" != "star" -- the flagging doesn't mean, "this item is special" but "this item is one of the set I wish to get."  Ideally, in this case, the flag would disappear after the Get -- more of an extended selection.  And so, it wouldn't be persistent; and so, it wouldn't require enumeration; enumeration would be automatic by the action of flagging.

This feature is a holdover from newsreader days, especially reassembling binaries (which is a still-unimplemented feature).

I wonder how common headers-only POP mail usage is.  I wonder if there'd be many complaints if Get Flagged just disappeared.
Assignee: mail → nobody
Severity: minor → S4
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