Find/Search function doesn't find emails?

Hi,

I was trying to find an email in my Inbox. I right clicked inbox and chose
find/search.

I put in the user's name, no items. I put in the subject, no items. I
finally found the email manually and I copied and pasted the subject into the
Find subject and it STILL didn't find it.

What is up with Vista and it's lack of finding anything? I just HATE the
whole index thing. I want to actually FIND all files and not just one the
ones it chooses to index.

I am not sure why Windows Mail isn't finding things but it should at least
find everything with the keyword I entered.

Is there a way to force it to index the whole list of all emails? I can't
seem to figure out Windows Vista Search at all. Boy, do I miss XP.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Lara

"lforbes" <lforbes@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4BED784F-3793-4185-80C7-F4D964A7F291@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I was trying to find an email in my Inbox. I right clicked inbox and chose
> find/search.
>
> I put in the user's name, no items. I put in the subject, no items. I
> finally found the email manually and I copied and pasted the subject into
> the
> Find subject and it STILL didn't find it.
>
> What is up with Vista and it's lack of finding anything? I just HATE the
> whole index thing. I want to actually FIND all files and not just one the
> ones it chooses to index.
>
> I am not sure why Windows Mail isn't finding things but it should at least
> find everything with the keyword I entered.
>
> Is there a way to force it to index the whole list of all emails? I can't
> seem to figure out Windows Vista Search at all. Boy, do I miss XP.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
> Lara
..
It often helps to search for their full email address, not just their name.

No, I tried that. I tried email and name etc. I did an entire re-index of my
documents folder so maybe that will fix it.

"robertmiles@bellsouthNOSPAM.net" wrote:

>
> "lforbes" <lforbes@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4BED784F-3793-4185-80C7-F4D964A7F291@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was trying to find an email in my Inbox. I right clicked inbox and chose
> > find/search.
> >
> > I put in the user's name, no items. I put in the subject, no items. I
> > finally found the email manually and I copied and pasted the subject into
> > the
> > Find subject and it STILL didn't find it.
> >
> > What is up with Vista and it's lack of finding anything? I just HATE the
> > whole index thing. I want to actually FIND all files and not just one the
> > ones it chooses to index.
> >
> > I am not sure why Windows Mail isn't finding things but it should at least
> > find everything with the keyword I entered.
> >
> > Is there a way to force it to index the whole list of all emails? I can't
> > seem to figure out Windows Vista Search at all. Boy, do I miss XP.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Lara
> ..
> It often helps to search for their full email address, not just their name.
>
>
>