#3649: Sorting by 'To: ' does not work right
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  Reporter:  grarpamp  |      Owner:  mutt-dev
      Type:  defect    |     Status:  new
  Priority:  major     |  Milestone:  1.6
 Component:  mutt      |    Version:  1.5.21
Resolution:            |   Keywords:  sorting
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Comment (by me):

 {{{
 On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 09:08:26AM -0000, Mutt wrote:

 The current algorithm (see sort.c, function "compare_to") is to
 sort by "real name" if present, or the address otherwise.
 Grouping those together might make sense to some people, but not
 to others, so any change would need to be configurable.  Always
 sorting by email address would be easy, but since the index menu
 typically displays the real name, the sort order might appear to
 be somewhat random in that case.


 I'd have to go look closely, but I think the reason that happens
 is that we parse the header field in order to wrap it properly.  I
 agree that it really should display the raw contents of the
 message.
 }}}

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