Re: [Evolution] organization of mail by date

[Dinbandhu <dinbandhu sprynet com>]

On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 20:28 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 08:59 -0400, Dinbandhu wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 06:39 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 10:54 +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 22:45 -0400, Dinbandhu wrote:
> > > > > I just want to be able to list ALL the letters according to the date
> > > > > they arrived. The letters should simply be organized in date order--
> > > > > without any attention given to WHO the letter came from. Is this not
> > > > > possible in Evolution?
> > > >
> > > > Works on Mine.. Are you "grouping the threads?" Crtl-T?
> > > > Sounds very much so..
> > >
> > > Also, to sort in received order, right-click on the column headers in
> > > the message list and add a column for Received. The default date Evo
> > > uses is the Sent date, which can be unreliable as it depends on the
> > > sender's clock.
> > >
> > > poc
> >
> > This is also a very useful tip--I'll certainly use it. But I don't think
> > I was able to do it correctly yet for some reason. When I right-click on
> > the column headers in the message list, there is one option in the
> > pop-up screen for "sort"-- and when you highlight that option, there are
> > a whole bunch of options for how to sort the mail. I assume it is this
> > list to which you refer when you suggest to opt for "Received". And I
> > tried opting for that one. But when I did, then no such extra column was
> > added with the name "Received". The screen remained the same
> > three-column screen with "From", "Subject", and "Date". Do I need to do
> > something more to make the "Received" column visible on the screen? 
>
> No, you right-click on the column headers, select the option that says
> "Add a Column", then choose Recieved from the list presented and drag it
> to the position you want in the column headers row. Then click on the
> header to sort. You can of course also remove the normal Date column if
> it takes up too much space.
>
> poc

Got it. Thanks so much!

- Swarup