Thunderbird Config Editor

Change Default News and Mail sort order

http://superuser.com/questions/13518/change-the-default-sorting-order-in-thunderbird

• Open The Config Editor: Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Config Editor
• In the Filter: diolog box type sort
• Double click on the Preference Name to pup make changes to it
• Notes:
  • x is the Sort Order see https://developer.mozilla.org/en/nsMsgViewSortOrder
  • y is the Sort Type see https://developer.mozilla.org/en/nsMsgViewSortType

       Preference Name                      Status       Type        Value
       mailnews.default_news_sort_order:    default      integer     x
       mailnews.default_news_sort_type:     default      integer     y
       mailnews.default_sort_order:         default      integer     x
       mailnews.default_sort_type:          default      integer     y
       

Sort Order Values

• 1 = Ascending
• 2 = Descending

Sort Type

• 17 = None
• 18 = Date
• 19 = Subject
• 20 = Author
• 21 = ID (Order Received)
• 22 = Thread
• 23 = Priority
• 24 = Status
• 25 = Size
• 26 = Flagged
• 27 = Unread
• 28 = Recipient
• 29 = Location
• 30 = Label
• 31 = Junk Status
• 32 = Attachments
• 33 = Account
• 34 = Custom
• 35 = Received