On 07/06/15 02:53, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 06Jul2015 01:22, g <geleem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: <<<>>> >> it does seem that is attitude of thunderbird devs because if one sorts >> emails chronologically then moves or copies to new folder file, emails >> will maintain order they were in original folder file. > > Inconvenient. inconsiderate describes better. :-) >>> Or one can write a program, where one has complete control. But if you >>> can get a mail client to do it then that will probably be faster. >> >> such is true. also true is fact thunderbird is not such a client. > > But a brief experiment here suggests that mutt _is_ such a client. > So he couldd open the original mbox in moutt, sort the view, tag all > messages (T.<enter>) then copy all tagged messages to a new folder > (;Cnew_folder<enter>). ok. that is great to know if i ever have to merge email again. > Cheers, !OPA! > You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail > in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? > And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive > them there. The only difference is that there is no cat. > - Albert Einstein, when asked to describe radio a very wise man who believed in simplification. ;-) -- peace out. -+- If Bill Gates got a dime for every time Windows crashes... ...oh, wait. He does. THAT explains it! -+- in a world with out fences, who needs gates. -+- CentOS GNU/Linux 6.6 tc,hago. g . -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org