Mail sort order problem

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Gee

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel
Email Client: Exchange

In my email list, when I click on the 'From' header, I expect it to sort all the emails alphabetically by name. And it does, but backwards, so that the Zs are at the top and the As at the bottom. This is kinda infuriating, because it's the opposite of what every other program does and I end up halfway down my list before I realize I'm scrolling in the wrong direction. Am I missing something obvious? I realize I can click again to get it to sort the other way, but that's not the point.
Thanks
 
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Barry Wainwright

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel
Email Client: Exchange

In my email list, when I click on the 'From' header, I expect it to sort all
the emails alphabetically by name. And it does, but backwards, so that the Zs
are at the top and the As at the bottom. This is kinda infuriating, because
it's the opposite of what every other program does and I end up halfway down
my list before I realize I'm scrolling in the wrong direction. Am I missing
something obvious? I realize I can click again to get it to sort the other
way, but that's not the point.
Thanks
Click to expand...

click on the triangle at the top of the sort column (next to the column
name) This toggles the sort order - lowest to highest/highest to lowest
 
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Adam Bailey

Barry Wainwright said:
click on the triangle at the top of the sort column (next to the column
name) This toggles the sort order - lowest to highest/highest to lowest
Click to expand...

The OP notes that he knows how to do this, but wants it to default that way.

The sorting order stays consistent when changing columns. When viewing by
Received, you want Z-A. When viewing by Name, the OP wants A-Z. I don't see
any solution other than it's something you have to get used to.
 
G

Gee

Thanks for the responses. It's bizarre if that's the way it has to be and I have to get used to it. Pretty much every other email program I've ever used sorts 'From' alphabetically from A-Z first, and Received chronologically Newest-oldest by default, right?
 
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