* On 23 May 2014, Guy Gold wrote: 
> 
> That is all true. 
> But, I cannot explain some of the behaviour I'm getting. 
> Notice the two threads here:
> The first one, is sorted very well according to what I expect. 
> 
> The second one has some flaws with regards to the sort. 
> It looks like, once authors of messages write to others (rather
> than replying one after another, chronologically), that's when the
> mix-up happens. 
> 
> 
>  Thu, May 22, 2014 at 05:19:42PM EDT  To mutt-users@mutt.o Display of 
> threads, order in question
>  Thu, May 22, 2014 at 07:22:07PM EDT  Cameron Simpson      └─>
>  Thu, May 22, 2014 at 08:54:23PM EDT  To mutt-users@mutt.o   └─>
>  Thu, May 22, 2014 at 09:37:48PM EDT  Cameron Simpson          └─>
>  Fri, May 23, 2014 at 08:19:11AM EDT  To mutt-users@mutt.o       └─>
>  Fri, May 23, 2014 at 11:22:54AM EDT  David Champion               └─>
>   
> 
>  Sat, May 17, 2014 at 02:51:40PM EDT  Kevin J. McCarthy    ┬─>Re: Writing a 
> wrapper for the editor: mutt aborts in-between
>  Sun, May 18, 2014 at 04:14:23AM EDT  Chris Green          │ └─>
>  Sat, May 17, 2014 at 05:04:29PM EDT  Mike Glover          └─>Re: Writing a 
> wrapper for the editor: mutt aborts in-between
>  Sat, May 17, 2014 at 05:59:53PM EDT  Karl Voit              └─>
>  Sat, May 17, 2014 at 09:51:00PM EDT  Cameron Simpson          ├─>
>  Sun, May 18, 2014 at 02:58:31AM EDT  Karl Voit                │ └─>
>  Sat, May 17, 2014 at 07:02:19PM EDT  Gary Johnson             └─>

These both look correct, to me, for
sort_aux=reverse-last-date[-received].  Whether sort=threads or
sort=reverse-threads is irrelevant in this case, since you're showing
only one thread.

What looks wrong to you?

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