As I understand at least the earliest comments, (comment 2 for example), this seems to be about which message defines the sort order of the threads among each other, as it can be customized by setting [`mailnews.sort_threads_by_root`](https://searchfox.org/comm- central/rev/6e3a1c0633d41956915db67ac46172b7f4a8c214/mailnews/mailnews.js#109-112). However, some later comments seem to bring up different issues as well.
Regarding the sorting of messages within a thread, bug 479969 appears to be the most duped to. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/115153 Title: Counter intuitive ordering for threaded Email ordered by "order received' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/thunderbird/+bug/115153/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
