Stop threading, ditch 'Correspondents' and arrange all emails in descending date order
Many times now, I have needed to change folder views to 'Unthreaded', ditch 'Correspondents' in favour of 'From' and 'Recipient' and arrange my emails in descending date order. Every time I create a new folder, I need to go through the same routine. Every time I download a new version of Thunderbird, all my folders are changed back to 'Threaded' and 'Correspondents' and are in Ascending date order, so I have to go through the whole process again. What I need is a simple 'global' setting in a menu, so that I can change the settings for ALL my Thunderbird folders in a simple series of clicks, without needing to go to each folder every time. Better still would be a 'once for all' fix that would prevent Thunderbird changing my settings every time I download a new version. There must be thousands of Thunderbird users who share my frustration with what is lotherwise an excellent email program. Please fix it!
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How to set 'Sort by Date' and 'Sort by Descending' as default sort options.
It is in the 'Config Editor' - same process as mentioned previously.
- In top search type: default_sort
This is the Sort by Date setting:
- look for this line: mailnews.default_sort_type
- It has a value of 18 by default to sort by date.
Usually this is ok, but if it does not have 18 :
- click on the far right pencil icon to get 'edit mode'
- Remove whatever number is in that location and type in number: 18
- Click on the tick icon to save
Now set default to descending:
- look for this line: mailnews.default_sort_order
- It has a value of 1 by default to sort by ascending.
- click on the far right pencil icon to get 'edit mode'
- Remove the number '1' and type in number: 2
- Click on the tick icon to save
Job done :)
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ricquant said
In the suggestion: ".....and then set as the default for that account," kindly explain how to set threading/unthreading for the entire account. Changing the setting for one folder does not change the setting for all others, in ver. 115. Thanks
Please note there are two things that can be set up. 1. The selection of which column headers are used. 2. The Sort order which means stuff like 'Sort By' > Date, Descending and Unthreaded.
I suggest you read and use my instructions because I've already stated how to do this in an earlier comment. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1422833#answer-1604551
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