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<jari.aalto@poboxes.com> writes:

>     Thanks for the idea by SLB and others, I started marking "todo"
>     articles with dormant tick in my mail groups.

Why on earth would one do this?

The dormant mark makes no sense for `todo' items.

Standard ticks (`!') or simple unreadedness would make much more sense.

Another idea would be a separate group with (display . all)
that you move your todo items into.  There are other alternatives as
well, I am sure.

> What is the elegant way to display them by default in mail groups?

There isn't one.  I think that is silly to do so, because then they
are no different from ticks.

If you are in a mail group, and you want something to act like it has
the `!' mark, just use that mark.

-- 
Justin Sheehy

In a cloud bones of steel.