How to get important flag from Java Mail client

Question

Is there a way to get whether a mail is marked as important or not from Java Mail API.? I'm using a Gmail account to connect. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Different mailers use different ways to indicate that a message is "important". Some use an X-Priority header. Others use an Importance header. I don't know offhand what Gmail uses, but look at the raw headers of a message and you should be able to figure it out. Then use the JavaMail getHeader method to access that header.