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Threads show oldest message at top level

#296

Hi, I just installed MailMAte and am just beginning to explore features. I am confused by the presentation of threads -- they seem to show the OLDEST message at the top (collapsed) level in my inbox, so I have to open all layers of an incoming threaded message to see the latest. I have not been able to find a preference or setting that would correct this. Is this intended behavior? Is it a wetware (user) problem?

Dan

Reported by Dan Caligor · October 23rd, 2012 @ 08:54 PM

State: closed
Milestone: none
Assigned to: benny benny

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  1. benny
    benny
    • State changed from new to closed

    MailMate uses (old-school?) strict threading based on “Message-ID” and “In-Reply-To” message headers. This has both advantages and disadvantages. One of the disadvantages is that the newest message in a thread can seem far away. Note that holding down ⌥ when expanding a message expands the entire tree and that using the “Next Message” shortcuts in the Message menu also automatically expands the tree as needed, for example, you can use “Next Unread Message” (⌥⌘⇣) to quickly jump to the first unread message in a thread).

    I do plan to offer another threading style more like the one in Apple Mail (without the grouping of all messages with the same subject line), but this is not coming soon.

    Related tickets are #185 Apple Mail 5.0 like thread view and #271 Feature request: Thread by subject. I'm closing this one, but if you have a specific request not covered by the other tickets then you are welcome to create a new one.

    October 24th, 2012 @ 08:19 AM

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