Mail - inbox settings

Is there any way of getting Mail to select the email below one you've just deleted in the inbox? I find how it selects the one above counterintuitive, especially as I've got my emails organised with the most recent at the top.
G5 iMac Intel Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Ms Alfalfa,
This may be counterintuitive to you, but there is logic behind it. It jumps from the one you have deleted to the next one in line that was received. If you sort your mail with latest mails at the bottom of the list, it will still jump to the next one in line, so now it jumps down instead of up.
I do not know of a workaround, it may be something you have to get used to, like driving on the wrong side of the road

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