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Why has Thunderbird suddenly started showing oldest emails when I log in?

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d_awdry
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For the last week or so Thunderbird has been showing the oldest messages in my Inbox when I log in. I can't find a setting to revert to Most Recent.

For the last week or so Thunderbird has been showing the oldest messages in my Inbox when I log in. I can't find a setting to revert to Most Recent.

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david
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Look at top line of message list pane. It has words such as 'subject' 'from' 'date', etc. Click the 'date' to tell Thunderbird to sort by date.

d_awdry
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Sorting is not the problem, they are already sorted oldest to newest.

david
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Then I don't understand your problem. Can you do a screenshot and explain it? Thank you.

d_awdry
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OK, I tried playing around with some of the other sort options, then sorting by date again - this seems to have cured the problem, though it doesn't explain it, as the emails were definitely in the correct order before. One of life's little mysteries I suppose. Thank you for your help. Diana

david
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It was my pleasure to assist. You're quite welcome.