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Thunderbird is not alphabetizing correctly

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How can I fix Thunderbird's sudden problem with alphabetizing in the list of folders/subfolders? E.g. "To read tablet" is sorted after "To read WebMd" and "Karin" comes after "ZZ-Friends Common" and "Susie" comes after "Zhahai"

This started happening relatively recently - a few months ago, I think. Suddenly folders that used to be in the correct alphabetic order were suddenly misplaced.

How can I fix Thunderbird's sudden problem with alphabetizing in the list of folders/subfolders? E.g. "To read tablet" is sorted after "To read WebMd" and "Karin" comes after "ZZ-Friends Common" and "Susie" comes after "Zhahai" This started happening relatively recently - a few months ago, I think. Suddenly folders that used to be in the correct alphabetic order were suddenly misplaced.

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R. click the account name under the New Message button > Reset Folder Order. Also available for Local Folders.

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R. click the account name under the New Message button > Reset Folder Order. Also available for Local Folders.

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Thank you. However, I don't find a Reset Folder option. Another thread suggested one might need to change from an ESR version to the Release version. I'll try making that change another day (earlier in the day).

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cascade5 said

Thank you. However, I don't find a Reset Folder option. Another thread suggested one might need to change from an ESR version to the Release version. I'll try making that change another day (earlier in the day).

Yeah, it hasn't been back-ported to ESR.

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