Re: [Extra] "IMAP $Important Keyword and \Important Special-Use Attribute"

[Barry Leiba <[e-mail]>]

I've posted draft-leiba-extra-specialuse-important-01, which has the
two text changes discussed here.

Does the working group want to take this as a working-group document?

Barry


On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 8:34 AM, Barry Leiba <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> As I see it, the distinction between \Flagged and $Important is too subtle
>> to be reliably implemented and understood.
>
> Hm.
> The intent here is this:
>
> On the server side:
>
> -  \Flagged is set or cleared in response to an explicit command from
> the client.
>
> -  $Important is set via a heuristic process performed by the server,
> usually involving analysis of header fields, what mailbox the message
> is filed in, perhaps message content, attachments, and such.  It may
> then be set or cleared in response to an explicit command from the
> client, and the server may use that to adjust the heuristics in the
> future.  It's also possible that the server will re-evaluate this and
> make a message $Important later if the user accesses the message
> frequently, for example.
>
> On the client side:
>
> - Typically, an icon such as a flag or a star, or an indication such
> as red or bold text, is associated with \Flagged, and the UI provides
> a way for the user to turn that icon or indication on or off.
> Manipulation of the this results in a command to the server.
>
> - Typically, a lesser indication is used for $Important.  The client
> might or might not provide the user with a way to manipulate it.  If
> it does, manipulation results in a command to the server.
>
> Does that help you make an implementable distinction?  Would it help
> to include a non-normative section of the document describing how this
> is typically handled?
>
> Barry