198397 - Search Messages list doesn't have Read/Unread column; can't change Read/Unread status

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect)

Description

[Daniel B.]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.3) Gecko/20030312
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.3) Gecko/20030312

In the Search Messages window, the message list table doesn't have
a Read/Unread status column.  This means that users can't mark read 
messages unread (or vice versa) as they can in other lists of messages
(in the regular mail window).

(I believe Netscape 4.x supported this, although I can't confirm that
at the moment.)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[Joe Infla]

Wontfix.  See http://www.mozilla.org/mailnews/specs/search/#Mail section C for
the rationale.

Comment 2

[Daniel B.]

> See http://www.mozilla.org/mailnews/specs/search/#Mail section C for
> the rationale.

That says:

  The unread and flag column are also not available (because any changes 
  to their state would need to be tracked to the other mail windows as well).

That logical is invalid.  Mozilla tracks state and updates other windows
anyway. 

(Try opening two mail windows on different folders.  In one window, drag a 
message from the message list to that windows folder tree view.  Notice how
in the other window the other mail folder's message list is updated.)


Reopening.

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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