Re: [Evolution] Threaded mail display during delete

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

cheers();

> > > When I receive a batch of email and begin reading (and deleting)
> > > messages I've noticed that as I delete mails from a thread the
> > > subsequent messages within the thread jump around in the list to try to
> > > stay within correct date sort.
> >
> > In threaded view, mails are threaded by the In-Reply-To header. Mails in
> > threat are not sorted by date but by date in the current threat. If you
> > remove the parent message, where should it go?
> >
> > It is then sorted by date -- as you wanted.
> >
> > Sorry, AFAIK there is no way to change that. I can't even imagine, how
> > that should be done.
>
> Actually it was changed, what version are you using?

I am running Evo 1.2.1, so does Dave, who asked the initial question.
That is obviously way too easy for ximian developers, isn't is? ;-)

X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.1


Sorry, I dosn't get you Not Zed. What has changed? And since what
version?


> If you ARE NOT sorting explitly, and only using the message arrival date
> sort order, plus threading, then if you delete a parent message, it
> should drop the children back in the same spot.  Until you switch
> folders (i think, definetly when you expunge) when it will rebuild the
> list.  At least, it's supposed to work that way.

Maybe that is an solution for Dave.

I use explicit sorting by date, newest on top. (sorry, forgot that)


> If you are sorting explicitly (i.e. there's a v or ^ on the column),
> then it always does a sort - we can't really fix easily that because the
> sorting is handled by the display widget.

That was my point. You can't change that -- and shouldn't, as this
really would confuse users.


> > I don't have a problem with that, as I don't have 'Hide deleted
> > messaged' checked. The threat remains intact until I expunge or empty
> > trash. Maybe that helps...
>
> Thats the other solution too.  Actually since using evolution i
> basically never delete mails anyway (partly to load-test it, partly
> 'cause i get too much to care to), so i dont have this problem :)

Uh, your mailbox must look really nasty, does it? ;-)

Undeleted, read messages in my mailboxes are waiting to be worked on...

...guenther


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