Re: [Evolution] Sort so un-read messages come to the top?

[Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net>]

On Sun, 2017-12-24 at 09:07 +1300, M wrote:
> Does it support having unread messages stay at the top of the window
> where you can see, so that you can remember they're there if you
> defer acting on them till later (perhaps say the end of the day when
> your other jobs are finished), or must you hide them in other folders
> where you can't see them and have a chance to forget them all
> together? 

See the links I provided in my previous message. 
Answer to your first question: No, not supported.
Answer to your second question ("or must you hide them"): Also no.

> Why not have a simple option to sort by unread? 

Because there already is a simple option to see all unread messages in
a folder. No need for any complicated "sorting" involved.

> Evolution is better than most other clients on most respects, however
> this one can be a deal-breaker for many people. 

Citation needed. Hence no, I do not think so.

> Yes, they are workarounds, and they give windoze nutters a chance to
> point at Linux and say how bad it still is at doing basic tasks like
> email management. And it prevents Evolution from doing a simple
> common unread-then-date. instead it makes E do unread messages all
> over the place and trying to find stuff that came in today is
> difficult because that too is all over the place.  

If you don't like unread messages all over the place, use a search
folder to see all unread messages in one single place.
See the links I provided in my previous message.

> You have to remember that not every one wants to spend a couple of
> hours a day fucking around with trying to figure out what folder
> their email has gone into next when other mail programs can do this
> with a couple of clicks and done.

That's why Evolution offers many options to organize / search mail.

> TB is 2 clicks on the date field (to set date sorting as 1st priority
> and set the order to latest-first (for those who prefer newest at the
> bottom it's just the one click) then two clicks on the read/unread
> field to sort by that first (demoting date to 2nd sort order), again
> first to set the priority and second to change the
> ascending/descending. 

Evolution is 2 clicks on the dropdown in the Search bar to set "Unread
Messages". Or 1 click to go to the "Unread" Search folder in the folder
bar on the left, once it's set up.

Cheers,
andre
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