Is there a way to have incoming email messages automatically colored by priority?
I am trying to find a means for incoming email messages to automatically be displayed in a color I can link to its priority (set by sender). I don't need it to be filed into a subfolder; just want to make highest or high priority messages more visible in my email inbox. I already know how to manually assign a color to messages. Thanks.
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The only suggestion I can make is to designate some tags of suitable colours, and use Tools|Message Filters to set the tags.
Myself, I rarely see any messages with explicit priority flags, but I think you'll see an entry similar to this:
X-Priority: 1 (Highest)
in the header.
Go to Tools|Message Filters and create a new filter. Priority is offered as a standard filter term; if this doesn't do the job, you can go down to the end of the list of filter criteria and make a new one, under Customize.
The action of the filter, when triggered, should, of course, be to apply a suitable tag, which would result in the message being coloured. Repeat for each level of urgency you care to identify. Place your tagging filters at the top of your list of filters so the tagging will take place before any other filtering.
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The only suggestion I can make is to designate some tags of suitable colours, and use Tools|Message Filters to set the tags.
Myself, I rarely see any messages with explicit priority flags, but I think you'll see an entry similar to this:
X-Priority: 1 (Highest)
in the header.
Go to Tools|Message Filters and create a new filter. Priority is offered as a standard filter term; if this doesn't do the job, you can go down to the end of the list of filter criteria and make a new one, under Customize.
The action of the filter, when triggered, should, of course, be to apply a suitable tag, which would result in the message being coloured. Repeat for each level of urgency you care to identify. Place your tagging filters at the top of your list of filters so the tagging will take place before any other filtering.
Thanks very much. I've tried it and it seems to be working as I wish. Enjoy the holiday.