"Don" wrote in message
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Is there a global setting to configure a view that will apply to every
folder?

There are two views you need to customize, the "Messages" view and the "IMAP
Messages" view, in order to get all your folders to appear similar. An
example of the method for doing that can be found he
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/grouping.htm
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]