Missing options

["A. van Roggen" <avanroggen verizon net>]

-1- In the options under Settings/Preferences/Display, the date format can be  
set, e.g. as "%H:%M".  This shows the date correctly as e.g. "Date: 12:34" in  
the header, but it does not change the date format in the message list window,  
which still shows the US-business format, e.g. "10/12/04 19:39:31".

It is very confusing to have to read the date in differing formats, and IMHO  
both places should be set to the same format string, or an option added to  
change the date format in the message list window.

-2-  The current version (data below) identifies new mail in mailboxes in the  
left panel by making the foldername bold.  Earlier versions did not make this  
name bold, but colored.  The coloration stands out much better than bold, and  
an option to pick a specific color or font should be added.

Note that there is no obvious way of changing the normal font in the left pane  
(nor in the message window): only the body window is modified by the font  
options in Settings/Preferences/Display/Messages.  Such generalized option  
would take care also of the coloration mentioned above.

Please let me know if I have overlooked the obvious (options not findable in  
the ~/.gnome2/balsa file), or if the requested options can/will be added in a  
future version.

Thanks,
A. van Roggen

PS:
System Linux 2.6.8-1-k7, Balsa 2.2.5 from balsa_2.2.4-1_i386.deb
[Note 2.5 vs. 2.4 but balsa and debian version numbers are not necessarily  
linked]