Outlook option to specify search order, ie. oldest or newest firs

[Guest]

The ability to specify serch order would be a nice feature. Currently it
appears the search start with the oldest message first. So if you are
searching for a recent message yoou have to sit and wait for it to go thru
all your messages, depending on folder size and search parameters this could
take quite a while. It would be nice to have the ability to specify start
with newest or start with oldest first. So that you could quickly locate a
recent email. (Outlook 2k3)

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[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

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[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

For me, it is not a problem. I remember more recent mails long before older
mails so the search order makes perfect sense to me. I know I got a mail
about an Amazon order yesterday, but what about that one you need from 5
months ago???

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After furious head scratching, Diane Poremsky [MVP] asked:

| Try Lookout - it'll take care of this problem long before a future
| version of outlook corrects the problem.
|
|
| || The ability to specify serch order would be a nice feature.
|| Currently it appears the search start with the oldest message first.
|| So if you are searching for a recent message yoou have to sit and
|| wait for it to go thru all your messages, depending on folder size
|| and search parameters this could
|| take quite a while. It would be nice to have the ability to specify
|| start with newest or start with oldest first. So that you could
|| quickly locate a
|| recent email. (Outlook 2k3)
||
|| ----------------
|| This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to
|| the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion,
|| click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see
|| the button, follow this
|| link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader
|| and then click "I Agree" in the message pane.
||
||
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