While I don't have an answer to your question, I note that Microsoft Outlook for Mac (which I need to use to access one of my accounts) does this by default. That is, if you expand a thread using the Right-Arrow key, focus is placed on the oldest unread message in the thread, from which you can move up to read the remaining (more recent) messages.
On 7/8/18, 07:43, "'Bill Gallik' via MacVisionaries" <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: Does anybody know; is there a way to read an e-mail thread from original message, stepping one-by-one through the subsequent messages and winding it up with the most recent reply to the thread? I am using the “on-board e-mail client” for MacOS and have tried setting the order both ways, but it does not seem to make any difference when reading through the suite of messages in a thread. i often prefer reading a thread without expanding it so I can simply delete the currently read message and automatically open the next item. The problem is that the next item is the message sent just prior to the currently read message. I wish there was a way to read a thread from oldest (presumably original) message to most recent message. **************** - Bill from Ino, Wisconsin - "It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place." - US Editor and Satirist, H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956) -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.