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echo: mystic
to: Nicola Mettimano
from: Bjrn Wiberg
date: 2022-07-25 14:20:00
subject: Re: Help sorting messages

Hello Nicola!

On 24 Jul 2022, Nicola Mettimano said the following...
 
 NM> Hello, i need help in sorting messanges inside an base; now i see from
 NM> oldest to newest, so when i want to see/read news i have to scroll
 NM> through dozens of pages...

Pressing End should take you to the bottom. However, the "usual" way to read
all new messages of interest would be to select the message bases to scan with (Z) in the message menu and then e.g. use (N) (A) to scan all new messages in all groups.

Also, it is good to know that as soon as you read a message in a message base, your last read pointer for that message base is updated so that it appears as if you have read *all* messages up to and including that message. So after reading a message, you will only see messages newer than that one in any subsequent (N) (A) scans.

This is also the reason why the personal new mail scans etc. have the /NOLR flag in their Data fields -- to stop any reading of personal messages from "destroying" the last read pointers, which would otherwise "hide" all other new messages that precede those personal messages.

Best regards
Bj”rn

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