[MlMt] Gmail stars vs flags

[Vincent Danen]

So I'm trying to find a way to reconcile gmail stars with mailmate 
flags.  In gmail you can have stars of different colours, which is 
pretty awesome for using them to represent certain things (and with the 
gmail multi-inbox lab it makes the inbox really rather efficient).

But when I star something in gmail (regardless of colour), it shows up 
as the default red flag.  And when I use any coloured flag in mailmate, 
it shows up as a yellow star in gmail.  Which is annoying since I use 
the gmail app on my phone and I'd like a system that colours things the 
same in both.  I _could_ use labels/mailboxes like I do now, but I find 
if I have them tucked away then it's hard to go back to (I don't have 
that much discipline I guess).  But if they're all in my inbox, and if I 
have smart mailboxes to filter it for the times I need those views, I 
feel like I'd get better control.

I tried searching the list for anything like this so apologies if it's 
been brought up before, but I didn't see anything.  I imagine there is 
some specific gmail magic that makes 'yellow-star' a thing versus 
'$MailFlagBit2' but is there any way to reconcile these at all?

I looked at using tags as well, but while the tags carry over from one 
instance of mailmate to another, it's not something I can filter on in 
gmail itself.

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Vincent Danen @ https://annvix.com/