On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 17:30, R. Steven Rainwater wrote: > On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 14:08, Robert G. Waycott wrote: > > Is there a way to make all folders order messages > > according to date, with the newest message always > > at the top of the list? > > One problem I've noticed with the sort by date is that it doesn't really > sort by the date the email was received. It seems to be sorting by the > date in the "Date" header. When I read the new emails on mailing lists > I'm subscribed to, the emails are scattered through hundreds of old, > already read messages due to incorrect dates. I frequently receive new > email with dates like 1983 or 2009 in the date header and so they get > sorted incorrectly. Seems like it would make more sense to use the > Received date. I haven't yet found any setting that causes Evolution to > actually sort by the date received.
I found that, if you create a new view (or edit an existing one) in View, Current View, Define Views... there is an option for sorting. I have configured mine to sort by Received date and it seems to be working. -- Des Dougan _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
