[Gambas-user] OT: wrong mailing-list sorting

[Rolf-Werner Eilert]

Am 06.03.2014 00:39, schrieb Jesus:
> El 05/03/14 17:12, Rolf-Werner Eilert escribió:
>> This is only in the Gambas mailing list, so it's not as much OT as it
>> might seem ;)
>>
>> In my Thunderbird, single mails from the list are sorted at the
>> beginning of the list, i. e. I will have to scroll to the end to see the
>> rest of the discussion.
>>
>> As I said, it only happens sometimes, but it has happened more
>> frequently during the last months. So something seems to confuse
>> Thunderbird with the mails coming from the Gambas list.
>>
>> Example: Right now, Jesus' mail from 16:02 was sorted somewhere into the
>> beginning of the list (position 20 or so), the other two answers at the
>> end (where they belong to). Charlie Reinl's mail from 03.03.2014 22:55
>> stands before it, the rest of the discussion is at the correct place.
>> Jorge Carrión from 03.03.2014 21:44 is before it, and the rest of the
>> discussion at the end of the list.
>>
>> I browsed through the wrong sorted mails, but they have correct dates
>> and times, nor have they anything unusual in common. Has anyone here had
>> the same problem, maybe even with another mailing program?
>>
>> Thanks for any ideas.
>>
>> Rolf
>
> I'm using Thunderbird since ages, currently at v24.3.0 and never had a
> problem, except sometimes getting duplicated messages from some rss feeds.
>
> I have everything sorted and distributed in folders automagically with
> the help of filters. I am managing 7 or 8 mail accounts and several rss
> feeds. Gambas' folder has close to 30000 messages and never have had a
> problem. About eleven mail lists each in its own folder... Love it!
>
> In such a case like mine, I recommend rsync'ing thunderbird database or
> the whole folder to an external storage. Too much data to loose ;-)
>
> What is your setup, version, distro, etc?
>
> Regards
>
>

Mine is Thunderbird 17.0.5 on a Suse 12.1, and I use it rather heavily, 
too. There are 5 mail accounts, and folders for the mailing lists, 
filters, just like on your system. This phenomenon has only occured with 
the Gambas list, but it used to be only a few times a year. For some 
months, however, it has happened more often, about 20 times this year. 
Oh, and I run only POP mail, no IMAP, so it's Thunderbird alone who will 
manage the mails.

I make a nightly backup of the whole system with Dirvish, and change the 
backup HD every week, I think that's enough. Or isn't that what you mean?

Moreover, to keep the mailing list(s) not too crowded, I let Thunderbird 
put all old messages to an Archive folder every new year. (Strangely 
enough, it will not put all messages into the right folders at the first 
run, but a few dozen will have to be sorted by hand. I know that, and 
it's no great thing. And it is not confined to the Gambas list.) So I 
have a fresh folder again this year, and I can see that some mails land 
at the beginning.

Do you think it would help to use a newer version of Thunderbird? As far 
as I remember, I had this problem even with the older one on the former 
system.

Regards

Rolf