What is a posts messageicon?

[ltwinnerr]

Just wondering what this thing is? In my postbit_legacy template it gets inserted just before the post title depending on a conditional -

<vb:if condition="$show['messageicon']"><img src="{vb:raw post.iconpath}" alt="{vb:raw post.icontitle}" /> </vb:if>

Anyone able to shed some light on what this variable is?

[kh99]

When you edit a post (in the full editor), below the text area you can select an icon to go with your post.