I don't believe it matters how you order your mailing list. It's just that the algorithm for selecting the next message to view has changed incompatibly. Now, when you delete a piece of mail, if the message on one side of it is read and the message on the other side of it is unread, no matter in what order, the next message to come up will be the one that was unread. It's not just incompatible with the earlier behavior, it's just plain inconsistent.
It used to be that I could wander down the day's mail, and if I found a message I wanted to put off handling until later, I would just mark it unread and keep going. But now when I'm finished with the next message and I delete it, Mail keeps throwing me back to the earlier message because of course it's marked unread. And it will do that even if the next message is also marked unread. It now seems to have a preference for going backward whenever it can. It's just maddening, and I wish they would get rid of it. > On Aug 8, 2013, at 8:27 PM, Andrew Darlow <a...@andrewdarlow.com> wrote: > > Hi folks: > > This is the place I turn to when my Mac is giving me a headache. For many > years, I have been using Apple Mail, and until 10.6.8, when I would click on > a single message in "Classic View (List)" with the newest mail at the bottom > of the screen, the delete key would cause the message below the deleted > message to then be highlighted. Now, unless the message above the unread > message is read, the messages that's highlighted is above the message I just > deleted. > > Is there any preference or other fix I can use to get back the old behavior? > > The "workaround" is to view messages with the newest ones at the top, but I > prefer them at the bottom. > > Thanks for any insight on this. > > All the best, > > Andrew > > Andrew Darlow > Editor, The Imaging Buffet > http://www.imagingbuffet.com > Author, 301 Inkjet Tips and Techniques: > An Essential Printing Resource for Photographers - http://www.inkjettips.com > and > Pet Photography 101: > Tips for Taking Better Photos of Your Dog or Cat - http://www.PhotoPetTips.com > http://facebook.com/andrewdarlow > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
