On 25-09-2000 at 23:39, Paul Freeman kindly wrote:
> Monday, September 25, 2000, 5:11:18 PM, Karin Spaink wrote:
>> I use Full-width preview pane. This way, in the main window you have
>> your folders to the left and a preview of the selected folder to the
>> right.
>> * Click on View, select View Treads by Reference;
>> * Click on View, select Sort by Creation Time
>> * Click on View, select Display All Messages.
> I have it like this, except I sort on Received time for most folders
> due to egroups being a bit strange on the creation time front.
But received time depends on when you fetched mail, so
that's even more mangled.
>> Now, whenever a new message gets sorted into a mail folder,
>> double-click on a message in that folder. The View Folder
>> [folder name] window will come up. Once there,
>> * click on the Created Time column header and make sure that
>> the order is descending (arrow downward, newest messages on
>> top.
>> All unread messages will show in chronological order. Scroll
>> down to the oldest of the unread bunch and read your way up,
>> using either the red <- arrow (for: delete and move upwards)
>> or the blue <- arrow (for: move to next unread).
> In the view folder (which I don't normally use) do you have it
> threaded or not?
No, as I explained above: there I have them ordered
chronologically, so that I can read mail (and threads)
'upwards in time'.
> Is there no expand all threads option either?
Yes: Ctrl-* will do the trick.
The one command that's lacking is the 'Close all threads'.
[For an inventory of all keystroke commands. check
http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/shortcut.eng.txt ]
- K -
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