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authorAndre Klapper <a9016009@gmx.de>2012-03-08 00:23:45 +0800
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User Docs: Explain order in mail folder list pane and how to change. Fixes bug #661654
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+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
+ type="topic" id="mail-sorting-folder-list">
+
+ <info>
+ <desc>Sorting the mail folder list in the left pane.</desc>
+
+ <link type="guide" xref="mail-organizing"/>
+ <link type="guide" xref="mail-layout-changing"/>
+
+ <revision pkgversion="3.3.91" version="0.1" date="2012-03-07" status="draft"/>
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name>
+ <email its:translate="no">ak-47@gmx.net</email>
+ </credit>
+ <license>
+ <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
+ </license>
+
+ </info>
+
+ <title>Sorting the mail folder list</title>
+
+<section id="default-folder-sort-order">
+<title>Default sort order</title>
+<p>By default the <link xref="intro-main-window#e-mail">mail folder list</link> in the left pane contains top-level nodes in the following order:</p>
+<list>
+<item><p><gui>On This Computer</gui> - contains all mail for <link>local account types</link> (if configured)</p></item>
+<item><p>One or more remote email account types (if configured)</p></item>
+<item><p><gui><link xref="mail-search-folders">Search Folders</link></gui> (if enabled)</p></item>
+</list>
+<p>The folders under each top-level node are sorted in alphabetical order.</p>
+</section>
+
+<section id="change-folder-sort-order">
+<title>Changing the sort order</title>
+
+<p>You can change the default sort order of the top-level nodes under <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui><gui>Mail Accounts</gui></guiseq> by dragging an account in the list up or down.</p>
+
+<p>You can revert your custom sort order by choosing <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui><gui>Mail Accounts</gui><gui style="button">Restore Default</gui></guiseq>.</p>
+</section>
+</page>
+
+