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Can you globally set how all of your folders sorting?

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I have a lot of folders in Thunderbird and I have to go in to each to have them Sort by date DESCENDING. Is there a global setting to set the sorting on all of my folders with one command (and have them stay in that configuratioin

I have a lot of folders in Thunderbird and I have to go in to each to have them Sort by date DESCENDING. Is there a global setting to set the sorting on all of my folders with one command (and have them stay in that configuratioin

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view menu (alt+V) > Sort by and set the field to sort by., ascending/Descending and threaded or unthreaded lists.

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view menu (alt+V) > Sort by and set the field to sort by., ascending/Descending and threaded or unthreaded lists.