256461 - Add mail filters to apply arbitrarily style (font, color, icon) to message in thread pane

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(MailNews Core :: Filters, enhancement)

Description

[Dan Mellem]

It would be very nice to be able to set up filters that change the appearance of
the message in the mail window.

Examples:
Starts with "Read: " - use "read" icon
Message flagged - display in red
Message is suspected spam - use italics

These would all be user-defined in the Message Filters... window.

Comment 1

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

Displaying in color already is available: use the filter to label a message, 
which colors the message's entry in the thread pane.

Comment 2

[Dan Mellem]

FWIW, I don't see a way to apply a filter to "Junk"-flagged messages since it's
not in the header. Also, setting a filter makes some type of permanent change;
I'm thinking more of dynamic rules that change whenever a message changes. For
example, if you mark a message as Junk, it should change color based on the rule.

Comment 3

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

sorry for the spam.  making bugzilla reflect reality as I'm not working on these bugs.  filter on FOOBARCHEESE to remove these in bulk.

Comment 4

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Not going to do this. It's available though, in a different form as described above.

Comment 5

[:aceman]

With "labels" also called "tags" today.
You create a Tag, assign it a color and apply to matching messages (e.g. via a filter run on the folder).