The message
from David Rance contains these words:

I wonder if we should go back to something different. After all, how
many people here list their messages in alphabetical order of subject?

Mine start in date/time order, but remain in the same order as
originally received. (Unless I delete a whole thread, then the next one
in the thread appears at the bottom of the pile.)

--
Frère Jaques
They knocked the Bell down and erected a charade of pops.