No, you cannot change this but you can install an indexing addin such as
Windows Desktop Search. This makes searching go much faster and then it will
search new items first.
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"cam" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> When searching emails, the search goes from oldest to newest. It is more
> likely that you need the last one you sent/received. Is there any way to
> change this?
>
> It takes a long time to search through a year of emails!
>
> Thanks,
>
> cam