(1) Are there any links to "Why message colour labels exist?" type discussions? Here's what I mean by that - colour labels seem like a one off (separate beastie / facility). As do tags. [Granted, tags on various things in various beasties is much more prevalent today than in decades past. Even if not used by many, the facility is becoming more and more prevalent in more and more things.] I believe typically one wishes to tag or colour a message to have it distinguish/stand out in some manner. Which is to say, these are two means by which to have a message stand out - colours, and tags.

It seems intuitive that colours be associated with tags, and that tagged messages be coloured. [Tags can have no colour associated with them, too.] The act of tagging a message would apply the corresponding colour.

So, claws-mail design has kept them separate. I expect there have been discussions on such, thus the above "Are there any links to "Why message colour labels exist?" discussions?" (The better I understand the thinking behind design choices, the better enhancement request I can submit.)

(2) Could tags have colours associated with them, please, and the act of tagging a message trigger a corresponding colour change? i.e. Add a tag, look up associated colour, if any, and apply Message/Colour Label/{associated label}

Perhaps it is arguable that colours and tags be merged? [Or a tag of name 'colour' be associated with each message and the current/default colour choice placed within it?]

In the case of multiple tags, two options: (1) Last applied tag sets message colour (click a current tag on/off to reapply prior tag colouration); (2) First applied tag sets message colour <- problematic changing later.

Perhaps the first tag applied to any message is this 'hidden' 'colour tag' (as in, can't remove the colour tag (?), and for (2) immediately above, the value of this tag can be changed per colour selection as lies elsewhere.

CDN$0.02

Thanks for listening.