Outlook Group/Sort Question.
Have you looked at the By Conversation view? That's the closest you're going
to come, I think, at least until Outlook 11 comes out. Its conversation view
does exactly what you describe and more.
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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
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Quote:
> I'm using Outlook 2002. I want to develop a new "custom view" that will
show
> emails in much the same way as a group thread does.
> I want emails to be sorted by date first, but if an email has the same
> subject then group them all together with the latest email at the top and
> that email being the one that determines where the rest of the emails get
> sorted.
> Example:
> I have an empty inbox.
> I get one email with a subject of TEST at 10:01 AM.
> I get a second email with a subject of TESTING at 10:02 AM.
> Now TESTING is above TEST because it is most recent.
> I get a third email with a subject of TEST at 10:04 AM.
> Now TEST is above TESTING because TEST has an email that is more recent
than
> what TESTING has.
> Basically I always want my most recent email at the top of the list so I
can
> easily see it.
> But I also want the emails with the same subject grouped so my inbox
doesn't
> become so cluttered.
> Having said this, I hate the way outlook has the group by done because it:
> wastes an entire line with the subject header and you can't sort by a
> different field overall.
> If I could sort by date and group by subject it would kindof be what I
want
> except that the group-by
> wastes an extra line. However it would be kindof cool if secondary emails
in
> the same thread were grayed out or something.
> Anyone have any idea where or how to start? :-)
