On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 05:53:07PM +0100, Christian Ordig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 10:25:43AM -0600, Kenneth Pronovici wrote:
> > sort=thread
> > sort_aux=subject
> > sort_aux2=date
> >
> > implying a fixed number of sort criteria, just more than are
> > available now. Second:
> >
> > sort=thread/subject/date
> >
> > implying an arbitrary number of sort criteria.
>
> I think a fixed maximum number would be easier to handle the question
> is just _which_ number this should be. Imagine a mixture of your and
> my scenery ... this could result in something like:
> sort=thread
> sort_aux=score
> sort_aux2=subject
> sort_aux3=date
>
> or
>
> sort=thread/score/subject/date
>
> and maybe someone else can imagine even worse sort scenes ... ,-)
I can imagine this just fine, I just can't imagine why it would be
useful. Anyone?
-Daniel
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