short of using a 3rd party search tool, there isn't much you can do. Using
advanced find is slightly faster - in part because you can go do something
else in outlook while it searches.
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"Help Find Old Mail" <Help Find Old
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> Everyime i search through my old mail (by clicking find and typing in a
> keyword) it seems to take a very long time for thigns to come up. how do
> i
> make it go faster? I am already autoarchiving old items, but its still
> taking quite long. Is anyone else having this problem? Please help!