Re: sort on status?

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From: Barton E. Schaefer
Date: Sun, 07 Apr 1991 06:09

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In article <9104041838.AA21842@ateami.Eng.Sun.COM> ronr@Eng.Sun.COM (Ron Richardson WCO NPI ProgMgmt X64206 MTV08) writes:
} 
} I haven't been able to discover a way to sort on status.  Is there?
} 
} Ron

Umm ... that's what mush is doing when you type "sort" (no args).  So I
suspect you're asking a different question than what you mean ... just
for info, mush's status sort is based on a somewhat arbitrary precedence:

	Deleted below Undeleted
	Old below New
	Read below Unread
	Unpreserved below Preserved
	Unreplied below Replied
	Unsaved below Saved
	Unprinted below Printed
	Unforwarded below Forwarded

The effect of this is that deleted messages are always last, new messages
are always first, then unread messages, preserved messages, replied-to,
saved, printed, and finally forwarded.  The comparisons are applied in the
order shown until something differentiates the messages, so for example
New Deleted messages sort above Old Deleted messages, but they all end
up after any of the Undeleted messages.

Sufficiently confused now?
-- 
Bart Schaefer                                           schaefer@zipcode.com
Z-Code Software Corporation                             schaefer@cse.ogi.edu

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From: schaefer@ogicse.ogi.edu (Barton E. Schaefer)
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Subject: Re: sort on status?
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Date: 7 Apr 91 06:09:40 GMT
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