Filter last two weeks of emails

[Guest]

I have dozens of emails that I need to go through and seeing them all at once
is slightly overwhelming. I can change the view to see the last 7 days, but
can I see the last fortnight? Can't seem to choose that from the list.

Or...

Can I somehow use the group by box, to group all emails in weekly batches,
then I could open a week's emails, deal with them and go onto the next week.
In fact, this option would be much better for me.

Can anyone help? - Wendy

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

You can create a custom view to show only mail received between certain
dates but unless you use Outlook 2003, you can't do a good job grouping
them.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have dozens of emails that I need to go through and seeing them all
at once is slightly overwhelming. I can change the view to see the
last 7 days, but can I see the last fortnight? Can't seem to choose
that from the list.

Or...

Can I somehow use the group by box, to group all emails in weekly
batches, then I could open a week's emails, deal with them and go
onto the next week. In fact, this option would be much better for me.

WIth Outlook 2003 you can sort by Received date and use Show in Groups to
display the messages in a format similar to what you seek. You'll have
categories of "Today", "Yesterday", each prior day for the current week
(i.e., "Tuesday", "Monday", "Sunday", etc.), a category for "Last Week",
"Two Weeks Ago", "Three Weeks Ago", "Last Month", and "Older"

 

[Guest]

Brian,

Thanks for this - it sounds exactly what I want, however I forgot to mention
that I have outlook 2000 sr-1. Can I also do it in this version?

Wendy

 

[Brian Tillman]

Thanks for this - it sounds exactly what I want, however I forgot to
mention that I have outlook 2000 sr-1. Can I also do it in this
version?

No. It was a feature added in OL 2003. However, you should be able to
create a filter which shows only the last two weeks. View>Current
View>Customize Current View>Filter. The Advanced filter options should
allow you to choose messages newer than a certain date. Perhaps the
"Received this month" criterion would suffice.

 

[Guest]

Many thanks for all of these, guys. Looks like I should be upgrading to 2003!

You can create a custom view to show only mail received between certain
dates but unless you use Outlook 2003, you can't do a good job grouping
them.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/

I have dozens of emails that I need to go through and seeing them all at
once
is slightly overwhelming. I can change the view to see the last 7 days,
but
can I see the last fortnight? Can't seem to choose that from the list.

Or...

Can I somehow use the group by box, to group all emails in weekly batches,
then I could open a week's emails, deal with them and go onto the next
week.
In fact, this option would be much better for me.

Can anyone help? - Wendy