Thanks, it looks like you are spot on! To copy my messages from the old server to the new server, I just used Outlook to select them all in my old Inbox, then I dropped them all into my new inbox. I bet it copied them over newest to oldest, making the oldest ones the "newest" on the new server. I had assumed that the message date was what was used, but apparently not!
I took your advice and changed the Local Folder Size to All Messages, then "Sync Messages From" to 3 weeks. This has solved my issue. For my own knowledge, do you have any suggestions on how to copy messages from one IMAP account to another for them to wind up in the same order? Thanks for your advice, it's nice to have smart people out there willing to reply! :) On Friday, January 3, 2014 2:01:52 PM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote: > I suspect that your problem has to do with the way your messages were > moved from the old server to the new server. > > Such a problem would occur if the most recent messages on the old server > were transferred to the new server first (making them the least recent on > the new server), and the least recent on the old server were transferred to > the new server last (making them the most recent on the new server). > > The following is an exchange between K-9 Mail and an IMAP server: > > | >>> 4 SELECT "INBOX" > | <<< * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Draft \Deleted \Seen $MDNSent Junk > NonJunk $Forwarded $label1 $label3 $label2 $label4 $label5) > | <<< * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Draft \Deleted \Seen > $MDNSent Junk NonJunk $Forwarded $label1 $label3 $label2 $label4 $label5 > \*)] > | <<< * 1038 EXISTS > | <<< * 0 RECENT > | <<< * OK [UNSEEN 237] > | <<< * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1126644935] > | <<< * OK [UIDNEXT 88194] > | <<< 4 OK [READ-WRITE] Completed > | >>> 5 UID SEARCH 1014:1038 NOT DELETED > | <<< * SEARCH 87667 87677 87678 87679 87680 87681 87682 87683 87685 > 87711 87721 87724 87728 87748 87753 88053 88074 88103 88112 88153 88155 > 88157 88163 88178 88193 > | <<< 5 OK Completed (25 msgs in 0.000 secs) > | >>> 6 UID FETCH > 88193,88178,88163,88157,88155,88153,88112,88103,88074,88053,87753,87748,87728,87724,87721,87711,87685,87683,87682,87681,87680,87679,87678,87677,87667 > > (UID FLAGS INTERNALDATE RFC822.SIZE BODY.PEEK[HEADER.FIELDS (date subject > from content-type to cc reply-to message-id references in-reply-to > X-K9mail-Identity)]) > > K-9 Mail opens the inbox. The server says it has 1,038 messages in the > inbox. K-9 Mail requests the UIDs of the 25 most recent messages (1014 to > 1038). The server responds with the UIDs. K-9 Mail then fetches those 25 > messages from the server. > > Message dates generally don't have anything to do with message retrieval > or with what is considered "most recent". The order is solely dependent on > the order in which the messages arrive in the folder. > > If you are unable to correct the order on the server, they you may be able > to adjust the fetch settings on K-9 Mail so that (1) it fetches all > messages (not just 25), and (2) it fetches messages from just, say, the > last two weeks, rather than from any time. The search results would then > be only date-based. Unfortunately, the "Load more messages" would not work. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 Mail Users List. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, email [email protected] To report an issue with K-9 Mail, visit http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/issues/list For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/k-9-mail --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "K-9 Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
