On Fri 07 Aug, Earl Hood wrote:
> On August 7, 1998 at 16:02, Oliver Hauser wrote:
> 
> > i have a mailing list archive (thread index!) wich is
> > sorted by date. the first mail, which was ever sent to
> > to list is the first mail in the list.
> > 
> > i want the thread index so, that the newest mails
> > are on the first page; that means, i want the reverse sort
> > order.
> 
> Not exactly.  More accurate: You want threads with the newest messages
> to be listed at the beginning of the thread index.  See below for
> more on this.
> 
> > the <SORT> tag didn't work, same result as before.
> 
> <SORT> only affects the main index.  Thread related resources start
> with a "T".  BTW, there is nothing to do what you want.  TREVERSE is
> close, but I think using it has problems with MULTIPG active.

Erk, yes, I'd misread his request...

Oliver asked for a reverse date sorted _thread index_, not a reverse
sorted date index, as I have.

>       --ewh

John.

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