Thunderbird default email sorting

One thing that has been annoying me for a while was not finding a way to sort emails by default with the most recent at the top.  I use a lot of folders on my imap account so its annoying that each time a new folder is added or imported the sort order is backwards. I did some searching and found others with the issue and the solution.

Here’s a step-by-step solution.

1. Select Tools->Options…

2. Select Advanced and the General tab.

3. Press the Config Editor button.

4. In the about:config window, put ‘sort’ in the filter

5. Change the value for mailnews.default_sort_order to 2.

6. Ensure that the value for mailnews.default_sort_type is 18 for date sorting.

Tags: email, thunderbird