Matthew Thomas wrote:

> Mail should default to threaded mode too. When person A sends person B a
> message, and then sends a clarification, retraction, apology, or
> whatever for that message by replying to their copy of the original
> message, that clarification/retraction/apology/whatever really needs to
> appear immediately below the original message in the thread pane. If it
> appears far away from the original message, unnecessary aggravation 
> could result as person B responds to the original message before they
> see the followup.

Well you can also argue:

If person B doesn't sort its mail, and answered person A, and person B 
replies to that, that msg probably end up outside the visible screen, 
because it would be sorted under the first one, which is several msgs 
away from the very last ones.

+Bla          personB  2000-12-20
 +Re: Bla     personB  2001-01-15
 unrelated    personC  2000-12-20
 unrelated    personD  2000-12-21
[...]
 unrelated    personE  2001-01-15

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