Re: [Evolution] Sorting suggestion for subject line

[Ralf Mardorf <silver bullet zoho com>]

On Sat, 2016-05-28 at 23:00 +0800, John Edward Serink wrote:
> Could the devs look into adjusting the sorting algorithm for the
> subject such the "Re: frank" is grouped the similar to "Fw: frank"?
> Right now its a simple alphabetical sort so Fw: frank occurs a long
> way up before Re: frank when they should be together.

Hi John,

for this kind of sort you should use the menu entry "View > Group By
Threads" (Shortcut Ctrl+T). Assumed the "forwarded" message should be
not the first mail of the thread, then threading likely is broken and
sorting by thread could fail. To solve this, use the menu entry "Edit >
Preferences > Mail Preferences > General > Fall back to threading
messages by subject". I don't know if it then would fail regarding the
lexically order, however, "forwarding" within a thread shouldn't be
done. Replies that belong to each other should always have an intact
thread. The thread is an ID, hidden in the mail's header (Message-
ID:, In-Reply-To:, References:). You can see it by viewing all headers
or the message source, take a look at the menu "View". Forwarded
messages usually break threading.

Regards,
Ralf