TB - Sort add-on

[jd1008]

On 07/06/2015 04:11 AM, Mark Rousell wrote:
> On 05/07/2015 04:10, jd1008 wrote:
>> Looked for an add-on that will sort a folder by date (not for display
>> purposes)
>> but to physically re-organize a floder's messages so that they are
>> sorted from oldest
>> to most recent.
>>
>> Any info on that?
> You might be able to do what you want using the ImportExportTools
> extension: https://freeshell.de/~kaosmos/mboximport-en.html
>
> This extension lets you export all messages in a folder to individual
> files. The filenames are customisable with time and date prefixes.
>
> Having exported all the messages, you might well then be able to
> re-import using the same tool to import in time and date order (i.e.
> alphabetical order in the directory).
>
> I've not tried doing this but it looks like it *should* work.
>
That's awesome. I will certainly try it!!
But if it does not work, then Cameron's (and others)
suggestion to use mutt cli mail client might be the way to go.