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From: gedwards@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Gordon Edwards)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Making the opening screen contain new mail
Message-ID: <18488@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM>
Date: 8 Apr 91 01:31:43 GMT
References: <6180@pta.oz.au>
Organization: NCR Engineering and Manufacturing Atlanta -- Atlanta, GA
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In <6180@pta.oz.au> bgg@pta.oz.au (Ben Golding) writes:
>One of my users has asked whether it's possible to make Elm display
>newly incorporated mail on the initial subject display when Elm starts
>up.  At present, the initial subject display starts from the first
>message in the user's folder.  My user has to step through many screens
>of pending messages to find his new mail and he doesn't like that.
>
>	Ben.

From the Elm main menu select 'o' for the options menu.  On this menu
select 'S' for Sorting Criteria.  Keep hitting the space bar until 
'Reverse Date Mail Sent' is displayed.  This will make the newest message
display on the opening screen, the oldest messages will come last.

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