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- From: dattier@orac.holonet.net (DWT)
- Subject: Re: Sorted Mail...
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- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 04:58:10 GMT
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- In article <Bxy7xM.KIu@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
- erisande@silver.ucs.indiana.edu writes:
-
- > When saving a message to a folder, are the actual messages in
- >the file sorted, or is it just that elm sorts it on screen? Example:
-
- Elm's index screen presents the letters in the order you request. Go to the
- Options screen and change the sorting sequence to "Mailbox Order" and you'll
- see their actual positions in the folder, or use the @ command from the index
- screen (or is it the # command? I mix those two up).
-
- > Will the actual file be sorted as: 12th, 13th, 14th? I don't
- >think so, but I wasn't sure, really... I actually think that it is:
- >12th, 14th, 13th (in the order I saved them) and that elm sorts it
- >only on screen.
-
- You're right.
-
- > I ask this, because sometimes I download my mail to save it
- >elsewhere, and I would like them to be in order. The only way I was
- >ever sure to do that was to copy all the files to another folder and
- >then back in order.
-
- There's a much shorter method: tag all letters and save them to the folder
- you're already viewing. That will put them at the end of the folder in the
- order of the index screen's display, but if your display sequence is anything
- other than Mailbox Order you'll find the index screen shows the old copies
- that are marked for deletion interspersed among the new copies. However,
- resynchronize with the $ command and the letters will actually be resorted.
-
- David W. Tamkin P. O. Box 59297 Northtown Station, Illinois 60659-0297
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