By default, mail is shown in the Incoming Mail folder sorted by received date, showing the most recent messages at the top of the list. If you wish to sort your messages such that the oldest messages are shown at the top of the list then click on the Received Time header using the left mouse button. Repeatedly pressing the Received Date header will toggle between sorting in an ascending fashion and sorting in a descending fashion.
You may sort by any other field, simply by clicking on the relevant field header. Another way of sorting mail shown in the Mail window is by clicking the right mouse button in the Mail window and selecting Sort… from the context sensitive menu. The Sort/Group dialog box is displayed showing the Sort page.
Select the field by which you wish to sort and choose whether to sort ascending or descending by selecting the appropriate radio button. When you press OK the list will be redrawn using the new sort criteria.
Grouping is the same as sorting but with headings inserted between differing values of the grouped column. For example, you may wish to sort your mail by sender. If you did this, the resulting output may look something like this:
However, if you grouped the list by sender, the resulting output may look more pleasing:
By default, the message list is not grouped. To group any list, click on the header of the field by which you wish to group the list whilst keeping the Shift key depressed. This will group the list, in an ascending fashion. To group items in a descending fashion, click on the header once more whilst keeping the Shift key depressed. Another way of grouping mail shown in the Mail window is by clicking the right mouse button in the Mail window and selecting Group… from the context sensitive menu. The Sort/Group dialog box is displayed showing the Group page.
Select the field by which you wish to group and choose whether to sort the grouped items in an ascending or descending fashion by selecting the appropriate radio button.