mac mail set default to sort newest messages on top for all mailboxes

You can put many different columns on you message viewer by right clicking on the bar. Make sure Date Received is one.

Then click on the bar where Date Received is, once or twice until the messages are on top.

You may have to do this for every subfolder but if you need to do this for all accounts inboxes you select the Inbox, which includes all accounts.

Something like this you were looking for?

Thanks for the reply.  I knew how to sort with the bar, but it only affects the selected mailbox.  I tried selecting Inbox, Sent, etc and then sorting, but that only changed that top level view.

I'd like to set it somewhere and then have that setting propagate to each mailbox under Inbox, Sent, etc.

To be honest, I haven't found a way to set this default (yet), and I have been looking for year!

Mail default to Nevest at the Buttom, and I don't like that either.. :-(

So when ever I re-connect to a mailaccount, I have to go through ALL folder and chnage the sort order.. bummer!

sigurarm, thanks for the link.  it has some cool stuff and I bookmarked it, but it doesn't have what I'm looking for.

marook, I began to wonder if it would be best to script it.  assuming I'd have to script for each mailbox/sub-mailbox, it shouldn't be too bad (mainly, like you, finding time to do it)

I'm a newbie to AppleScript (I typically do bash scripting) so if you have any suggestions on where I could get info on it, I'd appreciate it.

Looks like scripting is the way to go ... when there's time!