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one message has an icon in the thread column, what does this mean?

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I typed some stuff without hitting reply first, and things happened to my emails. I managed to correct all of it except that one email has an icon in the thread column. I have lots of emails with replies, which show as threads when I switch to threaded view, but this one is the only one with an icon in the column. It's a thread icon plus a G. It doesn't seem to be an ignored thread, as I can toggle ignoring on and off (and the icon switches to a red circle-with-bar). What does the G mean? Do I need to worry about this message and thread behaving differently?

I typed some stuff without hitting reply first, and things happened to my emails. I managed to correct all of it except that one email has an icon in the thread column. I have lots of emails with replies, which show as threads when I switch to threaded view, but this one is the only one with an icon in the column. It's a thread icon plus a G. It doesn't seem to be an ignored thread, as I can toggle ignoring on and off (and the icon switches to a red circle-with-bar). What does the G mean? Do I need to worry about this message and thread behaving differently?

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Only partly. The G doesn't appear in that list. Here is a screenshot of it. I'm on Windows and have not changed the default theme or added any addons of any kind.

Thanks for your help!

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Have not seen that one before. Maybe someone else will come along with an idea.

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Do you know where I can find an explanation of what *any* icon in the thread column means? I always thought that threading was a view setting, not any kind of metadata on the messages themselves. I can find info on how to view and ignore threads, and how to show or hide the columns, and it seems clear enough that the red circle-with-bar icon means an ignored thread, but just "it's a thread" isn't at all clear to me.

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You can Google Thunderbird icons and see if you find anything different.