From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: rmail: summary sort Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 22:33:25 +0300 Message-ID: References: <200708300525.l7U5P447006843@localhost.localdomain> <200709020821.l828LRGO005418@localhost.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1188761640 30350 80.91.229.12 (2 Sep 2007 19:34:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 19:34:00 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 02 21:34:00 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IRvCo-00075o-Pm for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Sep 2007 21:33:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IRvCn-0002ua-QB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:33:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IRvCX-0002sh-K2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:33:41 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IRvCW-0002sC-7G for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:33:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IRvCW-0002s9-28 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:33:40 -0400 Original-Received: from heller.inter.net.il ([213.8.233.23]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IRvCV-00043f-LW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:33:39 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-84-228-166-148.inter.net.il [84.228.166.148]) by heller.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id DND70471 (AUTH halo1); Sun, 2 Sep 2007 22:33:28 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <200709020821.l828LRGO005418@localhost.localdomain> (message from Xavier Maillard on Sun, 2 Sep 2007 10:21:27 +0200) X-Detected-Kernel: FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.4) (2) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:47109 Archived-At: > Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 10:21:27 +0200 > From: Xavier Maillard > CC: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > Jabber-ID: xma01@jabber.fr > > > I tried to do this but, either the manual is wrong or me but the > > summary is just not sorted like it says. > > This works for me as the manual says. What version of Emacs are you > using, and on what platform? > > I am using GNU Emacs 23.0.51.2 on Slackware GNU/linux 12.0. > > Please describe _exactly_ what commands you invoked and in what order, > and also what you expected to see vs what you actually saw. > > I did things in this precise order: > > M-x rmail RET > M-x rmail-sort-by-author RET > M-x rmail-sort-by-date RET Try the other way around: first by date, then by author. > Apart this, I also need to know how to sort my mails according to > my taste on rmail startup. What is your taste?