[kde-linux] KDE 3.4.2: What does the white minus sign in the red circle mean?

Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. bss at iguanasuicide.net
Wed Jan 21 15:55:20 UTC 2009


On Wednesday 21 January 2009, Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com> 
wrote about 'Re: [kde-linux] KDE 3.4.2: What does the white minus sign in 
the red circle mean?':
>On Wednesday 21 January 2009 14:09:46 Randy Kramer wrote:
>> Every once in a while I fat finger something and end up with either a
>> single message or an entire thread marked with an icon that looks like
>> a white minus sign in a red circle.
>
>This is in kmail?  The nearest I can think of is a white exclamation mark
> in a red circle.  If that's it, it's when you mark a message or thread
> Important (which has implications for auto-expiry).  It's removed by
> Message > Mark > Remove Important mark

The white minus sign in a red circle is used for the "Ignored" status here.  
It can be unset in Message > Mark Thread > Ignore Thread.  I think the 
icon is supposed to remind Americans of "Do Not Enter" signs on roadways.
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