Evolution lets you organize your emails by letting you sort messages in the message list.
You can use a threaded message view to sort emails. To enable this feature, click on View ▸ Group By Threads or press Ctrl+T.
This feature, when enabled, groups replies with the original email and allows you to follow the flow of the conversation from one message to the next.
When a new message arrives, it will be added below the parent message. Threads are sorted and displayed based on the date of the most recent message received.
For Advanced Users: There is a GSettings key that allows you to toggle between the collapsed and expanded state of the email threads. The collapsed state is enabled by default. It can be changed by starting the Terminal application and running the command gsettings set org.gnome.evolution.mail thread-expand true
Open the Terminal application.
Run the command gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface can-change-accels true
The message list displays columns that indicate whether a message has been read, whether it has attachments, how important the message is, the sender, date, and the subject. To change the columns used in the message list, you can do one of the following:
Drag and drop the column header bars
Right-click on the header.
Select the Remove This Column or Add a Column option.
Evolution allows you to sort your messages using these columns. Just click on the column label to sort the emails. The direction of the arrow next to the label indicates the direction of the sort.
Evolution provides other ways for sorting email messages. You can use Sort By, Sort Ascending, Sort Descending, or Reset sort.
You can also sort email messages using the Sort By list.
Right-click on the message list column headers.
Select the Sort By option.
This brings up this list of criteria for sorting email messages:
Subject - Trimmed
Labels
Recipients
Sender
Location
Due By
Flag Status
Size
To
Received
Date
Subject
From
Attachment
Flagged
Status
Custom
Select the option you wish to use in sorting email messages.
Right-click on the message list column headers.
Select the Sort Ascending option.
The messages will be displayed with the most recent at the bottom.
Right-click on the message list column headers.
Select the Sort Descending option.
The messages will be displayed with the most recent at the top.
Right-click on the message list column headers.
Select the Reset sort option.
This removes sorting from the column, reverting to the order of messages as they were added to the folder.
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