[MlMt] Threads and Sent Messages

[Jo]

The conversation threads drive me crazy - first, I hate clicking to open 
the thread to get to the most recent, but mostly I just want the newest 
emails to be on top. I have a lot of filters set up to route things into 
folders (mostly by senders or groups of senders), so I can find my 
conversations that way, I guess.

> Thanks for the explanation. That makes sense.
>
> I think, for me, that could work as long as I knew what I was looking 
> for. Often, though, I’m revisiting an old conversation to see where 
> we left off, who’s court the ball is in, or how much I need to 
> pester someone.  ;-)  A lot of what I do is staying on top of other 
> people and/or following up, and seeing the whole view of a 
> conversation is very helpful.
>
> Thanks for the tip re: clicking on header lines. I think that might 
> come in handy.
>
> And thanks again for sharing how you work; it helps inform my use 
> (especially as long as I’m shifting email clients). I even read 
> [this review](https://tyler.io/2020/04/additional-mailmate-tips/) in 
> which he says MM broke him of his habit of looking in threaded views.  
> :-)
>
>
>
> On 15 Jan 2024, at 12:22, John Doherty wrote:
>
>> Well, I'm someone who doesn't care about "conversation view," so I 
>> guess I can try to explain why not. I do know other people who care 
>> about it a lot.
>>
>> I do frequently refer to old (sometimes very old) email messages for 
>> all sorts of reasons. I just search. MailMate has what I think are 
>> really great search features and I can usually find what I'm looking 
>> for pretty fast and easily.
>>
>> Usually all I need is the search box in the upper right of the viewer 
>> window. Sometimes I need to further filter with additional search 
>> criteria. Sometimes I make a new smart mailbox if I think I'll want 
>> to refer to the messages again in a few hours or days.
>>
>> I also use the MailMate feature of clicking on "From:", "Subject:", 
>> "To:" lines in the message header pane a lot to find other similar 
>> messages.
>>
>> That's it, I just search. It works really well for me. I don't care 
>> about threads or conversation view. I don't even usually have 
>> "Organize by Thread" turned on.
>>
>> I think this is mostly a "different strokes" kind of thing.
>>
>> On Mon 2024-01-15 12:25 PM MST -0700, <devynosborne at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> (And, I’m still curious about how people use email *without* 
>>> comprehensive views by thread. Though, after years of viewing emails 
>>> in the context of their conversations, I find it hard to imagine not 
>>> doing so.)
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Jo

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