289257 - Mark a mail for follow up like in Outlook 2003

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Thunderbird :: General, enhancement)

Description

[sanjeev_deshmukh]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050317 Firefox/1.0.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050317 Firefox/1.0.2

Mark a mail for followup. Currently, Thunderbird allows me to mark a mail
message. However, it does not create a shortcut in a followup folder. (Refer to
outlook 2003 functionality). Here is what I would expect :

1. I visit a folder. Select a message(mail) which I want to followup.
2. Mark it for followup.
3. It marks the message as well as adds a shortcut to "followup" folder in root
folder tree.
4. I should be able to visit the followup folder and see all the mails marked
for followup. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. I visit a folder. Select a message(mail) which I want to followup.
2. Mark it for followup.

Actual Results:  
1. It marks the message as well as adds a shortcut to "followup" folder in root
folder tree.

Expected Results:  
1. I should be able to visit the followup folder and see all the mails marked
for followup.

Comment 1

[David :Bienvenu]

you can do this by creating a search results folder that searches on "marked
messages". Once you've set this up, it should work very similarly to the Outlook
follow-up folder.

In your inbox, do a edit | find | search messages.

search for messages whose "status" is "flagged". When you get your results back,
click "save as search folder" and give the folder the name "Followup".

Comment 2

[sanjeev_deshmukh]

(In reply to comment #1)
> you can do this by creating a search results folder that searches on "marked
> messages". Once you've set this up, it should work very similarly to the Outlook
> follow-up folder.
> 
> In your inbox, do a edit | find | search messages.
> 
> search for messages whose "status" is "flagged". When you get your results back,
> click "save as search folder" and give the folder the name "Followup".

I tried to do this. However, if I do edit | find | search messages and then
search for "status". There are only 4 options :
1. Replied.
2. New.
3. Read.
4. Forwarded. 

There is no option for "Flagged" as you suggested. I am using Thunderbird 1.0.2
release version. (20050317). Is this option available in development branch?

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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