How to make Mutt list messages in a descending order

rusma · 2011-12-01 22:45:04

Hey.

How do I make mutt list my messages with the newest message at the top, like in the web interface of Gmail? It is called descending listing starting with the newest message, I suppose.

/dev/zero · 2011-12-01 22:48:34

rtfm

rusma · 2011-12-02 09:14:04

The man page is long and difficult to comprehend ... please, does somebody give a hint?

jasonwryan · 2011-12-02 09:43:37

/dev/zero has pointed you at the right man page. You are wanting to sort your mail...

man muttrc | less -p sort

# edit: you also want sort_aux

Last edited by jasonwryan (2011-12-02 09:45:58)

rusma · 2011-12-02 15:57:39

IMHO, rtfms are the worst of all answers. A better answer in this case would be to explain how mutt sorts mail and how mutt understands the sorting commands. E.g. at this point I have specified these sorting variables in .muttrc:

set sort_aux=last-date-received       
set sort=threads
set sort_re

.:B:. · 2011-12-02 16:52:06

I have recently switched to Mutt myself, and the manual is unfortunately not a good place to start. I have pieced together a nice config mainly by googling and stealing stuff from other people's configuration files.

The setting you want is

set sort = reverse-date-received

That will show the most recent mails on top.

If you want it threaded according to the most recent e-mail in a thread, this should work:

set sort=threads
set sort_browser=reverse-date
set sort_aux=last-date-received

Alternatively you might use

sort_aux=reverse-last-date-received

Last edited by .:B:. (2011-12-02 20:32:36)

rusma · 2011-12-02 20:01:27

.:B:. wrote:

I have recently switched to Mutt myself, and the manual is unfortunately not a good thing to start. I have pieced together a nice config mainly by googling and stealing stuff from other people's configuration files.
The setting you want is
set sort = reverse-date-received
That will show the most recent mails on top.
If you want it threaded according to the most recent e-mail in a thread, this should work:
set sort=threads
set sort_browser=reverse-date
set sort_aux=last-date-received
Alternatively you might use
sort_aux=reverse-last-date-received

Hey, thanks. The first one did not work for me, but the second (alternate) did, so this would be the correct config:

set sort=threads
set sort_browser=date
set sort_aux=reverse-last-date-received

/dev/zero · 2011-12-03 03:43:38

rusma wrote:

IMHO, rtfms are the worst of all answers.

This is the Archlinux forum, as opposed to some other forums where people are not encouraged to think for themselves.

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How to make Mutt list messages in a descending order

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