[vox-tech] mutt mailbox sorting

[Stephen M. Helms]

Peter Jay Salzman wrote:

> hmmm.  you may have this one backwards.
>
> consider -- suppose lkml has a light day, and you only get 500 messages
> from the list.  but you can't check your email for some reason.  you get
> home and now you want to read your email.
>
> which do you think would be more frustrating -- sorting on the fly or
> already sorted?   either way, sorting needs to be done.  would you
> rather watch the sorting being done or would you rather not watch it?
> :-)

I would rather have my computer say, "Hello Stephen, Would you like me to read
your mail?"