Charles Kerr wrote: [...] > I can't think of any /need/ to sort by the oldest post. > Maybe the cleanest fix is that, when sorting by date in the header pane, > threads are *always* sorted by the date of the thread's newest post. > IIRC this is how Thunderbird behaves, too. > > Can anyone think of a reason for Pan to /not/ behave that way?
Well, thinking of multipart binaries: sometimes someone will reply to one part of a multipart post, which may begin a lengthy thread of text replies to a binary part. I'm wondering how this change might affect the end result in a case like that. Other than that, I would vote Yes to your suggestion. The subject of threading in binaries groups has always confused me anyway, and I've never figured out how to do exactly what I really want: i.e. sort posts in roughly chronological order, yet not intermingle multiparts which were posted by different people during the same time period. I can 'de-mingle' the parts by sorting on Subject, but then the chronology is destroyed. _______________________________________________ Pan-users mailing list Pan-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users
