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On 15 May 2001, Max Froumentin wrote:

> Is there a function that will sort an nnfolder by date? Not the
> summary, but the actual messages in the file. 

You can do it by combining a couple of other functions.  First, sort
the group by date.  Then, mark all articles with `#' in the order
listed.  Then, use `B m' to move the articles into the same group.
After this, the articles will be in date order in the group.

kai
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