From: nntp.mbourne@spamgourmet.com   
      
   bey24thgfdhg wrote:   
   > Running seamonkey 2.53.20 under Linux. Is it possible to set the default   
   > sort order for all mail folders? It defaults to ascending, ie. the   
   > newest emails at the bottom, whereas I prefer descending, ie., the   
   > newest at the top. (I have ca 20 mail accounts and would thus prefer not   
   > have to do it manually for each mail account folder...)   
      
   Mine seems to sort with new messages at the top by default.  I don't   
   recall doing anything specifically to do that, but I do see a couple of   
   relevant-looking settings in about:config that show as having been   
   changed from their defaults - so presumably I have changed them at some   
   time:   
   - mailnews.default_news_sort_order = 2   
   - mailnews.default_sort_order = 2   
      
   I'm guessing "2" means descending order.   
      
   There are also corresponding "sort_type" settings:   
   - mailnews.default_news_sort_type = 21   
   - mailnews.default_sort_type = 18   
      
   I'm guessing those control which field it sorts on.  Although those are   
   set to different values, mail and news both sort on date for me, so   
   presumably mail and news just use different numbers for the same named   
   columns (there are probably some extra fields in news that aren't in   
   mail).  Both those are showing as being set to their default values, so   
   doesn't look like I've changed them.   
      
   I also have mail.delete_matches_sort_order = true showing as changed.   
   I'm not certain what that one does, but I recall changing something so   
   that deleting a message moves the selection to the next newest message   
   (up when sorted descending, down when ascending), instead of always   
   moving down regardless of sort order (which would be the next oldest   
   when sorted in descending order) - so that might have been it.   
      
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