Who wants their mail sorted by date with the oldest on top?
I bet many do, and Mac OS X Mail seems to like that setup as well. What, though, if you'd love the most recent message on top — or to sort your mailbox by a different criterion altogether?
Fortunately, changing — or reversing — a folder's sort order is easy (if not obvious) in Mac OS X Mail.
To sort your messages differently in Mac OS X Mail:
- Make sure the column by which you want to sort is visible.
- Select View | Columns from the menu to see what's available.
- In addition to Date Sent (which is the date given in the email), there's the more accurateDate Received, for example, that makes sure no emails with wacky dates show up out of order.
- Click the desired column to sort.
- Click again to reverse the sort order.
- Optionally, remove the column again using View | Columns.
Hope I Helped,
Simmm
EDIT: More info
To set up Mac OS X Mail so that the most recent message in a conversation appears at the bottom (and the oldest on top):