Sort by flags in Mail not working

It seems like the sort just doesn't work - if you sort by something else then sort by flags it doesn't change. Really annoying.

The sorting of mail messages by Flag Color has been taken away in El Capitan. It needs to be reinstated. I and many others rely on this to organize our inboxes!

You can send feedback to Apple here:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/mail.html

Please use the feedback option to let Apple know. Otherwise they may just leave it out in subsequent updates, and we need it fixed!

Rob from AZ

I have two very similar macbook pros - it works fine on one, but not on the other. Go figure...

Are both on El Capitan?

Yep - very similar set up on both. Mail with identical plugins on both - SpamSieve to colour the spam based on the level of 'spaminess'. Works correctly on one, but not the other. Unread counts in smart mailboxes are often all over the place too...

Is your SpamSieve coloring the font a certain color, or actually setting a flag that has a certain color? My case is the latter.

It's sets the colour of the flag depending on the level.

I once had an issue with Unread counts being off. I called Apple and they walked me through somehow rebuilding the folders so everything was in synch. You could start with the Rebuild option under Mailbox. If that didn't work, call Apple Support because that's one thing they seem to be able to fix. Of course, if it's continuously happening, that's another matter.

Be that as it is, it's odd that you have a laptop where email is actually sorting. If there are more people out there who say it's working, I can go back to Apple and say "fix it", because then it's not a feature, it's truly a break-and-fix situation.

Anyone else out there on El Capitan where the mail does sort by Flag Color?

Rob

Rebuilding the mailbox does seem to fix the unread counts for a while (or until the next OSX update), but it takes hours...

I notice that it doesn't keep things sorted. When selecting a Sort, it sorts them, but any additions do not resort into the selected order.

If I select another sort (or toggle ascend/descend), then back it sorts correctly for me.

Is your message list already sorted when spam sieve marks the messages?

Massimo Fiorentino wrote:

The thing is, that it also goes for the emails I myself are flagging manually. The problem is not only in regards to emails flagged by SpamSieve. And toggling the sort does unfortunately not help in my case. I've tried to rebuild and vacuum and also tried with all plugins turned off…

I don't think I made mention of it not being a problem when manually flagging a message as that is the only way I could test it.

I can't test with SpamSieve, so I can't try to determine if that has some effect on the issue. I wouldn't think it would.

Barney-15E wrote:

Massimo Fiorentino wrote:

The thing is, that it also goes for the emails I myself are flagging manually. The problem is not only in regards to emails flagged by SpamSieve. And toggling the sort does unfortunately not help in my case. I've tried to rebuild and vacuum and also tried with all plugins turned off…

I don't think I made mention of it not being a problem when manually flagging a message as that is the only way I could test it.

I can't test with SpamSieve, so I can't try to determine if that has some effect on the issue. I wouldn't think it would.

I'm sure it has nothing to do with SpamSieve. Others are reporting this issue and Apple's position (at least to me in the context of my support call with them) is that it is a feature that is not in El Capitan. It was on that basis that they closed my Support call, because it was "working in production correctly". Whether they end up restoring it is another thing.