On Fri, 2007-03-09 at 19:12 +1030, Tim wrote: > Robert Locke: <snip> > > Sorting appears to be done on the first message in the thread. When that first > > message in the thread is deleted, the remainder of the thread is > > "relocated" to an appropriate spot. > > Since I turned off hiding deleted messages, I haven't seen the order > scramble around. I just turned it back on and tried deleting some mail. > With the date column being used to order the threading, message ordering > can jump about, depending on what you delete. Without the date column > being used, they don't. > <snip> Now, that makes sense. The "unhiding" is an option I had never noticed before. I must admit to occasionally trolling through the Trash to retrieve something that I twitched on..... :-) I am going to have to play with that option later, it sounds like it "fixes" the real problem for all of us.... :-) --Rob