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Add a setting to control where snoozed emails reappear

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend

Research direction

No files or tests are named. Start by locating the snooze-return flow and the user-settings implementation, then trace how the message list orders returned emails. Done means adding the setting with the current behavior as default and supporting top-of-list placement without changing the original received date.

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Description

1. to develop enhancement
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Currently, when a snoozed email becomes due, it is moved back to its original folder and sorted according to its original received date.

As a result, older emails may reappear far down in the message list instead of at the top. Even though the email is marked as unread, it can easily be overlooked, especially in mailboxes with a high volume of messages.

For many users, the purpose of snoozing an email is to bring it back to their attention at a specific time. The current chronological sorting can make it appear as if the snoozed email did not return at all.

Describe the solution you'd like

Add a user setting that allows users to choose where snoozed emails appear when they become due.

Suggested options:

Sort by original received date
Show at the top of the message list

The current behavior could remain the default to avoid changing existing workflows.

The original received date should remain unchanged in the email metadata. The setting should only affect how the message is positioned or displayed in the message list after it returns.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Possible workarounds include:

Filtering the mailbox for unread emails
Marking snoozed emails as favorites
Moving emails to a dedicated folder such as “Later” or “To do” before snoozing them
Manually searching for the email after the snooze time has passed

These alternatives require additional steps and do not provide the same clear visibility as showing the returned snoozed email at the top of the message list.

Additional context

This feature request was written and translated with the help of AI due to a language barrier.

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