You can prioritize a message to be sent, so that the recipient sees its relative importance. To prioritize a message, select Options ▸ Prioritize Message in the menu of the composer window or click the corresponding toolbar icon.
Evolution will ignore the message priority of incoming messages because the recipient should decide whether the message is important or not. You can set the "Important" flag for any messages.
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