Re: RFE - sort by from *address*
On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 05:44:50AM -0500, David Yitzchak Cohen wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 07:22:32PM -0800, Will Yardley wrote:
> > So, if there isn't a way to do this currently, I was wondering if people
> > thought this would be a useful feature (either as a different sort key,
> > or as an on/off option for various operations that sort by "from"). This
> > seems more logical, since generally you're looking for emails from a
> > particular person to be grouped together.
... same name, diff addy vs. same addy, diff name ...
> IMHO, the best solution is to sort by name, grouping identical email
> addresses together regardless of the names involved (possibly having that
> last bit controlled by an option). I admit there are problems with it
> too, though.
> Ideas, anybody?
Good point. As far as "ultimate correctness" I think your solution is
indeed best (and identical to what mutt currently does, right?)
Still, some people--e.g. Will, and, on occasion, myself--will want to
use fanciful "realnames"* but still keep things sorted by address. In
that case, I'd suggest a configure-time toggle as the best solution.
* - or correspond with people whose realnames are sometimes mis-set by
braindead mail software, maybe
Cheers,
Allister
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