Subject: Q: Sort order for reading news

From: Markolf Gudjons <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 11:40:41 +0200

Hi,

is there any way to state a different sort order for news articles than
for mail messages?

E.g., I'd like to keep mail sorted by date of arrival, but news should be
sorted by subject to keep threads together. Always having to hit "$S" is a
bit annoying.

Thanks!

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 11:27:18 +0100 (BST)

I'm afraid not... there is only one default sort order, and that affects
both ordinary and news collections of folders.

There is occasional talk from hte Pine Team about the possibility of
introducing per-folder or per-collection sorting.

Personally I feel the former overkill (to use and to manage), and would (I
think:-) be happy with two separate default sort methods: one affecting
folders within a news collection, the other affecting all other folders.
Presumably this would be easier to implement too?

Mike Brudenell                                         <[email-masked]>
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From: Terry Gray <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 15:04:00 -0700 (PDT)

You might try using $O instead of $s... it's the closest you can get to
threading at this time.

-teg