However, in support of the search function going from oldest to latest, if I am looking for something, it is most likely something very old since my most recent mails I can find easily by looking in the correct folder. Older stuff (order from an online purchase 8 months ago) is going to be harder to remember so having search go from oldest to newest works VERY well for me.

YMMV.

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After furious head scratching, Jennifer Q asked:

| I am using Outlook 2003 SP3 on WinXP SP2. In Outlook, when I use the
| Tools | Find feature for a very basic search, I have noticed
| something odd. It seems that Outlook finds the oldest messages first
| and the newest messages last. This does not seem so helpful to me.
|
| Can anyone shed some explanantion on how Outlook conducts this
| search, and why the oldest messages are retrieved first? Also, is
| there a way to change this behavior? I'd like Outlook to retrieve the
| newest messages first.
|
| Thanks,
| Jennifer