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Thread: Ability to set outgoing priority flag in web interface

Started 1 year, 9 months ago by bblount
It would be great if the FM web interface let you set a message going out as low/high priority.
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ewal replied 1 year, 9 months ago
I wonder what actually would happen with such a setting when all emails are sent out as Fastmail anyway. More useful would be a timed delayed delivery, but that has been asked for over and over again. Ed

Paulius replied 1 year, 9 months ago
I agree that flagging messages would be useful. Paulius

bblount replied 1 year, 7 months ago
ewal I think you misunderstood what I'm asking. I'm talking about the high or low priority flag that you can set on outgoing messages in email clients. Currently the web interface does not let you set this on outgoing messages. (but it does show it on incoming messages).

ewal replied 1 year, 7 months ago
Hi bblount Apparently I have misunderstood your enhancement request. What is the difference between low and high sending priority? Or asked another way, what practical difference will it make to Fastmail users sending emails? I understand the concept of priority flags, and certainly in situations where an email provider queues the sending of outgoing emails due to server strain then a ...

Sherry replied 1 year, 7 months ago
Quote: Originally Posted by ewal I understand the concept of priority flags, and certainly in situations where an email provider queues the sending of outgoing emails due to server strain then a priority flag may help, however in the case of Fastmail there is, I understand, no server strain. Hi Ed, I believe ...

ewal replied 1 year, 7 months ago
Hi Sherry Ah, that is a different story - (fish,kettle etc ) . bblount, is that what you mean? If so, you have my vote (fwiw), it then becomes a matter, in terms of implementation, of workflow priority for Fastmail. Ed

hadaso replied 1 year, 7 months ago
Quote: Originally Posted by Sherry I would send it with a high priority so the person receiving the email knows it's "important" that they read it right away. But a fact of life is that that since anyone can set this thing to what ever they like spammers use it more than anyone else. It could have been a nice ...

Sherry replied 1 year, 7 months ago
Quote: Originally Posted by hadaso But a fact of life is that that since anyone can set this thing to what ever they like spammers use it more than anyone else. That's a good reason to make sure you use a service with good spam protection so you don't see those flags. I had someone who would set the high priority ...

 

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Published (2008-05-20 04:36:00)
Hi Sherry Ah, that is a different story - (fish,kettle etc ) . bblount, is that what you mean? If so, you have my vote (fwiw), it then becomes a matter, in terms of implementation, of workflow priority for Fastmail. Ed
bblount
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Published (2008-05-20 02:44:00)
ewal I think you misunderstood what I'm asking. I'm talking about the high or low priority flag that you can set on outgoing messages in email clients. Currently the web interface does not let you set this on outgoing messages. (but it does show it on incoming messages).
Sherry
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Published (2008-05-21 02:19:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by hadaso But a fact of life is that that since anyone can set this thing to what ever they like spammers use it more than anyone else. That's a good reason to make sure you use a service with good spam protection so you don't see those flags. I had someone who would set the high priority when it wasn't an important email. After the third time I didn't reply for a long time and then explained I...
Paulius
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I agree that flagging messages would be useful. Paulius
hadaso
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Ability to set outgoing priority...
Published (2008-05-20 16:45:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by Sherry I would send it with a high priority so the person receiving the email knows it's "important" that they read it right away. But a fact of life is that that since anyone can set this thing to what ever they like spammers use it more than anyone else. It could have been a nice feature in a corporate environment but in work related email I also see this mostly on internal bulk mail and...

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