To answer "Piglet"'s comment about """" I don't know of any way to get OE to display by the "to" line rather than the "from" line """" , It is very easy to add the "To" column to your displayed columns if you want or need it. ,,,,, Right click anywhere in the displayed columns row and a window will open with a list of available columns that can be added or removed, put a check mark in the ones you want or remove the check mark for ones to remove ,,, use the "Up" or "Down" option to position them in the order you want them displayed. Not being of a sound and/or active mind, I do not fully understand just what Dee is trying to do, In general, I can't get passed why anyone would want to use their "Sent Items" folder as a storage folder ,,, that just scrambled my brain. <g> I did understand that Dee did not want to do away with her little " + " signs which her messages are hiding behind and that is OK ,,, However, they could temporarily be turned off to display all messages,, find the one you want ,,, do whatever you do with it ,,, turn those little " + " signs back on again. If this will work for you, I will detail how to do it. ,, two key strokes to turn them off and two to turn them back on. Here is two more reasons I don't have a good mind ,, check and see if one of them will work for you. 1. when finished with your reply and it is ready to send ,, before sending, click on File\Save, this will save the entire message in your "Drafts" folder, now go to the Drafts folder and drag and drop the message somewhere else (this MUST be done before sending the reply) ,,, here is the kicker ,, the "From" column in the saved reply will contain your name as the now sender. Now you can go "Send" the reply. 2. Same instructions as in #1 except click on File/Copy to folder ,, choose a folder to save in and save it ,,, the kicker here is ,, the "From" column in the saved reply will now contain the name of the original sender and not your name as the now sender. FYI: adding a "To" column and sorting on it will not bring the hidden messages out of hiding as long as the little " + " signs are active. Hope I have not exceeded your request. Bob Hays ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ms. Piglet" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 3:11 PM Subject: Re: [OE] Filing email and its reply at one time > Dee: as far as being able to find the piece of mail in the sent folder > without searching, click on the "received" bar at the top of the sent > folder, and the newest message will always be at the bottom. (You can click > "subject" after you retrieve it to return it to its previous state.) > > As far as the other issue goes, I don't know of any way to get OE to display > by the "to" line rather than the "from" line (which seems to be how to get > where you want to be.) Sorry about that. > > Megan "Piglet" Zurawicz [email protected] > RootsWeb Freepmumble > http://freepages.rootsweb.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Dee Randall <[email protected]> > > >Please read carefully, I only want to know how to accomplish what I > >have requested, not other scenarios.