Option ot set persistent message sort-order in the ui.conf file

[Drag0nFly]

Instead of specifying each time nmail is started whether to sort via date/name/subject on a per-folder basis, it would be useful to have a config value where this can be set in the ui.conf file in order for the message index to be more in line with a user's preference. Optionally: if a user then issues a different sort order for certain folders this would then take precendece.

Thanks for considering.

[d99kris]

Hi @Drag0nFly - just wanted to confirm if I understand the request correctly.

Would it be sufficient to be able to have a single configuration parameter which controls how all folders are sorted by default / at start of nmail?

And then user is allowed to change per-folder sorting during run-time, but it's not persisted until next time.

Or is the suggestion to have configurable default and also persistent sorting at per-folder level based on users last run-time sorting of each folder?

For reference, I see Alpine seem to have a single global setting, for the sorting at start up:

Sort Key                          =
            Set    Sort Options
            ---  ----------------------
            ( )  Subject            
            (*)  Arrival               (default)
            ( )  From               
            ( )  To                 
...
            ( )  Reverse tHread    

[Drag0nFly]

Hi Kristofer–

Probably good with a clarification, yes.

My request was for your first scenario, i.e, to have a persistent config option to set a default sort order, and allow a user to override this on a per-folder basis, but this would not be persisted at the next nmail run. (btw. Alpine's "Sort by Arrival" setting also behaves differently than its "Sort by Date" setting, so it is very granular and somewhat less intuitive.)

[d99kris]

Great, thanks 👍