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Sorting messages by "flagged": wrong "date" order for unflagged messages

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(@trigg3r)
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I'm testing Zimbra 9.0.0_GA_4028 (build 20210419064716) .

I click the "Flag" column header to display all flagged messages first. I expect unflagged messages sorted by date, as usual with previous versions, but this doesn't happen with this build (and I can't guess how unflagged messages are sorted).

 


   
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(@trigg3r)
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Because my English is certainly bad, before giving up with Zimbra 9, I try to better explain myself by posting a screenshot of the same folder on Zimbra 8 and on Zimbra 9, with the same sorting criteria (flagged messages first), highlighting the order with which the messages are shown.


   
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Hello @trigg3r,

Zimbra 9 only takes one parameter as order criteria for querying the database, please take a look at the SearchRequest API documentation for further details.

This means that you can order by "date" *or* by "flagged" field, but not by both fields contemporarily.

Actually, this behaviour is similar to Zimbra 8.8.15 API.

May I ask you if, in the first case, the emails have been added to the database by a restore or any other manual operation?

This could explain why they're shown "unordered", maybe the ids of the items in the database don't reflect their arrival order.

If you need to quickly find flagged emails, let me suggest that you create a saved search so you can have all the flagged emails with one click when needed. This could be a workaround for your needs.

Hope this helps.


   
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(@trigg3r)
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Thanks a lot @matt !

> May I ask you if, in the first case, the emails have been added to the database by a restore or any other manual operation?

I used Zextra to migrate my server from Zimbra 8.8.15 to Zimbra 9

> If you need to quickly find flagged emails, let me suggest that you create a saved search

In the past I have done this using tags. But this solution doesn't allow you to keep an eye on your important and latest messages at the same time. In my experience, this increases the risk of not checking important messages often enough.

 

Thank you for your suggestion!


   
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Matt
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Hello @trigg3r 

>I used Zextra to migrate my server from Zimbra 8.8.15 to Zimbra 9

Well, this of course confirms my hypothesis. Unfortunately, this is standard Zimbra behaviour that cannot be (easily) changed.

>this increases the risk of not checking important messages often enough.

True, I understand what you're talking about.

I actually like to set my Zimbra homepage with the following default mail search in preferences:

(in:inbox and is:unread ) or tag:TODO

so it will only display unread emails or the ones requiring my attention. On reading new emails, I mark as `TODO` the ones that need action on my part and unmark them once everything is done. (I love tags and I use them everywhere 😎).


   
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(@trigg3r)
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@matt 

Yes, this can be used as a "palliative measure", because as soon as I move from Inbox the filter is lost and so I still have to use a search folder ...

Thanks for your help!


   
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