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<p dir="auto">You may already know this, or it may not be your preferred UI, but you can use Option-Right_Arrow to fully expand a collapsed thread. If you prefix that with Command-A to select all messages, you will fully expand every thread in a mailbox. I sometimes use this to “get the big picture” on a mailbox.</p>
<p dir="auto">I agree that there doesn’t seem to be a predictable logic for how threads are initially expanded, but I would not want threads with no unread messages to be expanded by default. Instead, I would like all unread messages to be directly visible in expanded threads.</p>
<p dir="auto">On 28 Feb 2024, at 11:57, Bill Cole wrote:</p>
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<p dir="auto">Is it just me or is the logic controlling how MM expands threads incomprehensible?</p>
<p dir="auto">I mostly read mail in per-source submailboxes of a smart mailbox that aggregates threads with unread messages across subfolders of multiple accounts, including mostly non-INBOX sources. Much of the mail is mailing lists like this one, where threads are important. I have found that recent test builds (roughly: 59xx and 6xxx) have lost any discernible pattern in how threads are expanded in relation to unread messages. Often I go into a mailbox and find some threads expanded down to the first unread message, some fully collapsed despite having unread messages one or two levels down, and some expanded to reveal all unread messages.</p>
<p dir="auto">I do not see any UI that would help tune this in any way. My ideal behavior would be to have threads expanded by default to reveal any unread messages.</p>
<p dir="auto">--<br>
Bill Cole<br>
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(AKA @grumpybozo and many *@billmail.scconsult.com addresses)<br>
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<p dir="auto">Glenn P. Parker<br>
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