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When searching for an email in TB on ubuntu, it is not possible to sort the results by date

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I use Thunderbird mainly on ubuntu 18.10 and run currently version 60.5.1.

When I try look for an email, I usually type the search word in the search box at the top right and then sort the results by date.

This works fine on another PC on which I run Thunderbird under Win10, with similar (probably the same) settings for email accounts. Most of them use IMAP, a few use POP3.

However, when I do the same on the linux machine, nothing happens when I click on the "sort by: relevance date" button. Whether I click on "relevance" or "date", it's always sorted by relevance.

I use Thunderbird mainly on ubuntu 18.10 and run currently version 60.5.1. When I try look for an email, I usually type the search word in the search box at the top right and then sort the results by date. This works fine on another PC on which I run Thunderbird under Win10, with similar (probably the same) settings for email accounts. Most of them use IMAP, a few use POP3. However, when I do the same on the linux machine, nothing happens when I click on the "sort by: relevance date" button. Whether I click on "relevance" or "date", it's always sorted by relevance.

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stingray21
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The sorting works sometimes when I set constraints for the "Accounts" (must/can't have a value), but I have to discovered a pattern with which constraints it works or not