Re: [Evolution] Mail List Sorting Issue

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

>         
>         Why don't you just use the search bar - the default is to
>         search
>         "Subjects or Addresses Contains" so will pick up the name in
>         the To:
>         header, or if that's too nebulous, you could select
>         "Recipients
>         contain". Whichever, the list will still be sorted by date.
>
>
> Yes, that's fine, but I can still have too many mails related to this
> person and still need the date sorting.  If I click DATE header, then
> I will lose the focus on mails coming from this person, if I click the
> TO, then the 2nd level date sort is lost.

So use search to find the person, don't use sort.

> What works well in TB is that i can search from:person in the quick
> search bar using gmailui, so it's fine. This doesn't work that way in
> Evo yet, so if I just write a name, I get all sorts of messages that
> includes this person, from, to, cc, etc. etc. 

As I said, if the default search is too nebulous then change it to
search on "Recipients contains" (or whatever) by clicking on the
magnifying glass icon to the left of the search bar.

And it will still be sorted by date.

P.