Changes have been made in Git for this ticket:

Fix labels for message selection drop down. Bug: 4867

http://git.horde.org/diff.php/imp/templates/mailbox/navbar.html?rt=horde-git&r1=c26d7b0543204d97fc8f1febb2561ec6102b7cba&r2=f1f6bd7fff452119c819a3cb2814941808e297bc

Changes have been made in CVS for this ticket:

http://cvs.horde.org/diff.php/imp/templates/mailbox/navbar.html?rt=horde&r1=2.17.2.1&r2=2.17.2.2&ty=u

True, fixed in Git/CVS.

I think you also should change labels in selection combobox:



      <option value="<tag:imp_flagged />"><gettext>Important</gettext></option>

      <option value="!<tag:imp_flagged />"><gettext>Not 
Important</gettext></option>



May be:



      <option value="<tag:imp_flagged />"><gettext>Flagged For 
Followup</gettext></option>

      <option value="!<tag:imp_flagged />"><gettext>Not 
Flagged</gettext></option>

It has to be a bug. The first several times I tried this, when I 
clicked "Select" and chose "Important" the message I checked became 
unchecked and nothing happened to it, and another message further down 
in the list became checked. When I unchecked the message further down, 
it turned pink like as if it was set to "Important" until I refreshed 
my Inbox. Now, after messing around with this for a while, trying to 
find something that works, when I choose "Important" from the "Select" 
drop-down, it does nothing. When I choose Flag for Followup the 
message remains un-highlighted (might be my theme) except when you 
mouse over it. It's nice to be able to see the Important messages at a 
glance, without having to mouse over them. This looks rushed.

Changing the meaning of IMAP \FLAGGED flag was not a good idea. We 
have 50000 users that are used to the existing semantics. Almost all 
MUAs are rendering the flag as Important, and it shouldn't be changed 
too lightly.



Furthermore, because someone has set the flag manually, the MUA 
shouldn't clear it. It seems like a bug to me.

Makes sense to me.  Made the necessary changes in HEAD.

http://lists.horde.org/archives/cvs/Week-of-Mon-20070212/065399.html

I approve because this is how I use the flagged marker. I always unset 
the flag after a reply, and while I assume it's how everyone does it, 
doing so automatically deviates from other mail client behavior and 
might cause confusion.



FWIW - Unless I knew in advance IMP would unset the flag, I certainly 
would be when I went into my Flagged messages folder.

Email thread between Chuck and Jan:



Zitat von Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck@horde.org>:

My first reaction was: yes, let the users decide what the flag means

to them. But then I thought how I am actually using the flag, and it's

exactly like in your proposal and I always have to remove the flag

manually when replying. Or a bit shorter: no.