There seems to be an oddity in Outlook (at least as I have it set up) where Re: List configuration gets sorted next to List configuration but [oracle-l] Re: List configuration gets sorted away from [oracle-l] List configuration I assume that Outlook is setup to ignore Re: and maybe Fwd: when sorting by subject. Niall > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jacques Kilchoer > Sent: 23 January 2004 18:28 > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [oracle-l] Re: list configuration > > > I don't get it, how does the presence of the word [oracle-l] > prevent = ordering by subject? > > > -----Original Message----- > > Niall Litchfield > >=20 > > Feel free to whip me (er maybe this should be OT) but I > also sort by > >subject (to read threads in some sort of order) and use the > from for > >my mail rules. > > Obviously a better answer would be to use a proper mail client... My > > vote is > > to remove any automatic massaging of subject lines. >