Group messages by Recipient, From or Subject
Categories
(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, enhancement)
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(Not tracked)
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(Reporter: hrdubwd, Unassigned)
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(Keywords: dupeme)
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Steps to reproduce:
In Eudora, an extremely useful feature was collecting together messages on Alt-left clicking a Who or Subject heading in a mailbox - very fast, no need to search.
Actual results:
Nothing.
Expected results:
Grouping of related messages. This would facilitate checking, filing (i.e. folder move) and deletion.
collecting together messages Alt-left clicking a Who or Subject heading
There are numerous methods in Thunderbird for performing all kinds of searches and groupings, but that is a question for the Thunderbird Support Forum to offer solutions to a particular need.
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Comment 2•3 years ago
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Maybe, but it was supposed to be an enhancement suggestion and marked as such.
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Comment 3•3 years ago
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It is already possible to group by sort. https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-group-messages-thunderbird-1173111
But perhaps the probably you want to solve os more about finding "only" those who meet the criteria. In which case quick filter and search is an alternative - you just don't have it in a neat context menu
- bug 518295 covers, or partly covers, the ability to search by email address.
- I'm not finding one for "subject" - which is surprising
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Comment 4•3 years ago
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Yes, this is true, but mostly is dealt with by clicking the column heads. When there are many messages in a folder, finding the targets can mean multiple steps and scrolling. The Eudora method was very neat and very fast for the selected header. I found it invaluable, even though the same sort methods were available as now.
(As reported elsewhere, I have found several poblems with the search functions - unreliable.)
Using 'threaded' only goes part of the way towards this as it does not allow correspondents, etc.
Your reference to bug 518295 is interesting: such a solution would go some way towards the intent now.
Thanks.
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