Mac mail lion resets organize by conversation

I just upgraded my MacBook Pro (2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo) to Lion and there seems to be a bug in Mail where despite my repeatedly unchecking the "organize by conversation" option, it keeps defaulting back to this. I cannot figure out what to do to make it STAY unchecked -- I absolutely LOATHE "organize by conversation" and just want to use classic view without this and stay sorted by date received. Can someone please help me with this?

I found something similar to this, but I had to uncheck 'organize by conversation' for every folder. Once this was done, it stayed unchecked . But, I've just upgraded to Mountain Lion and it's worse; smart folders don't stay unchecked (neither do VIP's).
I also tried to check 'use classic layout' in preferences, but the mail program crashes immediately I click the check box

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I'm having a different problem organizing my conversations, but I think you're problem can be fixed this way.
Open mail. Click Mail>Preferences. Click on the "Viewing". De-select the "Include related messages" box. I hope that works!

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If I understand correctly, I am having the opposite problem:
Messages with the same subject, but with different senders, are not consolidated into a single thread/conversation.
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I have just upgraded to Lion, and I have tried the various combinations of View by Conversation on/off, Include related messages on/off, etc., but I am unsure of whether this behavior is normal or not.
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None of this really is germane to this forum, which is for questions about the communities themselves, but answering quickly:
There seems to be an major hole in the MAC Mail application when you compare the utility against Outlook and Entourage.
And what hole would that be? You might want to ask specific questions in the Mac OS X Lion forum if you are looking for a feature you can't find.
Also when using it on the iPad, it lacks the ability to attach a document or photo to your email you send to someone?
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