Hi Phil,

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 10:10, Philippe LeCavalier
<plecavalier@plc.plecavalier.com> wrote:
> For some reason I can't seem to find how to change the default search
> sort order. I would like newest->oldest rather than oldest->newest
> without having to hit 'o' and ctrl+home.
>
> I'm using notmuch.el

You'll need to set the variable notmuch-search-oldest-first to nil.
You can do this through M-x customize-group notmuch, or by putting it
in your .emacs. This is one of the first things I had to figure out
with notmuch, too :-).

-- 
Adam Wolfe Gordon