{"id":2073,"date":"2019-09-19T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T06:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcvita.com\/blog\/?p=2073"},"modified":"2022-04-29T15:38:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T10:08:35","slug":"sort-thunderbird-emails-by-date-received","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcvita.com\/blog\/sort-thunderbird-emails-by-date-received.html","title":{"rendered":"Want To Sort Thunderbird Emails By Date Received? Here You Go!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mozilla Thunderbird is an open-source email client used to store emails and other personal information like address book, tasks, calendars, etc. But mainly the focus is to manage the email messages. Now, commonly users want to set their emails to be sorted by date. This is done so as to have the newest emails on top of your inbox. But this isn\u2019t always the case.
In this post, we will show you how to sort Thunderbird emails by date. And if it\u2019s still not showing the messages in the correct order, we also have another sorting option.<\/p>\r\n

How to Sort Emails by Date in Thunderbird?<\/h2>\r\n
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    1. Open Mozilla Thunderbird application and highlight the folder whose emails you need to sort<\/li>\r\n
    2. Next, navigate to the toolbar and click View<\/strong> tab
      Note:<\/strong> If your toolbar is hidden, press the Alt<\/strong> key to show it.<\/em><\/li>\r\n
    3. From opened menu list, select Sort by >> Date<\/strong><\/li>\r\n
    4. You can also choose from Ascending\/Descending options to sort the messages in reverse order<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

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      Since, emails date are set according to the sender\u2019s date, sorting the emails by date may still display the messages in incorrect order. This generally happens when the email sender has a different\/incorrect clock set on their system.<\/p>\r\n

      You can fix this by sorting the emails as per Order Received. To do that:\r\n

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