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Gmail puts the newer emails first as follows:

  • anita@openmailbox.com | Dogs issue | 19:40
  • pepito@hotmail.com | Important facts from Jupiter | 14:03
  • juanito@gmail.com | You coming? | 09:25

Everything else (already seen email)

  • tsstss@openmailbox.com | Dinosaurs still exists! | 17:13
  • jaja@hotmail.com | Yep or Nope | 14:08
  • blabla@gmail.com | Whatever? | 09:27

I think it is better to start reading the oldest non-seen emails:

  • juanito@gmail.com | You coming? | 09:25
  • pepito@hotmail.com | Important facts from Jupiter | 14:03
  • anita@openmailbox.com | Dogs issue | 19:40

Everything else (already seen email, same order: first the newer email)

  • tsstss@openmailbox.com | Dinosaurs still exists! | 17:13
  • jaja@hotmail.com | Yep or Nope | 14:08
  • blabla@gmail.com | Whatever? | 09:27

Is it possible? How?

UPDATE (from comments)

Gmail does not have an option for that. However, maybe there are some Greasemonkey scripts able to do that. Or some Chrome or Firefox extension.

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    You cannot change the way Gmail sorts messages.
    – ale
    Feb 17, 2015 at 18:14
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    Related (possible duplicate): Sort Gmail by Date?
    – ale
    Feb 17, 2015 at 18:20
  • OK @AlE. I wonder if there is some javascript script somewhere though.
    – chelder
    Feb 17, 2015 at 20:31
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    Maybe. Your question is still on-topic, although you can't do what you want with Gmail all by itself. A third-party client is an option (Thunderbird, et al.), too. My JS-Foo isn't up to the task.
    – ale
    Feb 17, 2015 at 20:32
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    This wouldn't be on-topic for Stack Overflow.
    – ale
    Feb 17, 2015 at 20:59

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It's not possible to change the sort order in Gmail but some other tools like IMAP and POP desktop clients have that feature.

The built-alternative to changing the sort order, is to use Gmail search (see [1]). It includes search constraints. Also, could be used the search operators "before", "after", "newer" and "older".

From [2]

Example: after:2004/04/16 before:2004/04/18 Meaning: Messages sent between April 16, 2004 and April 18, 2004.* *More precisely: Messages sent after 12:00 AM (or 00:00) April 16, 2004 and before April 18, 2004.

References
[1] Search in Gmail - Gmail help
[2] Advanced search - Gmail help

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Gmail allows one to jump to the oldest emails for searches or labels (http://www.scottgreenstone.com/2015/05/gmail-how-to-sort-by-oldest-or-newest.html).

However, I have been unable to find a way to make the oldest page the default (eg. using GreaseMonkey or a browser extension). The closest seems to be a comment by LifeH2O (Is it possible to sort your email in Gmail by something other than the date received?) where he states:

function sort(){$mails = jQuery(document).xpath("//tr[td/div/span[@email]]"); $mails.tsort("td.yX>div.yW>span",{attr:'email'}); } works on the UI only. Selection is creating problem

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