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On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, 2:21:25 PM, Allie wrote:
DK>> .... I tried sorting both by received and created time and
DK>> somehow I finally settled for created time as being better, but I
DK>> still got messages in wrong order.

> I neglected to comment on this part.

> Sorting by received time will mess you up when a message takes a
> long time to reach your POP server. So, if you're taking part in a
> discussion, like on TBUDL, it's not unusual for a response to reach
> your POP server before the original message.

> Furthermore, using the POP server received time will not help with
> such a situation, since the POP server received time will reflect
> the delay in receipt of the mail.

Yes, I think that was the reason I switched back to "created time" for
sorting messages.

                Domchi

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