Wybierz najnowszy rekord w tabeli (pole datetime)

SELECT id, thread_id, user_id, subject, body, date_sent
  FROM messages WHERE date_sent IN (
    SELECT MAX( date_sent )
      FROM messages WHERE user_id =6 GROUP BY thread_id
  )
  ORDER BY thread_id ASC , date_sent DESC;

Daj mi znać, czy teraz działa