Please read carefully, I only want to know how to accomplish what I have requested, not other scenarios. Here goes: When I reply to an email message I want to FILE THE REPLY only, which will include the original message at the bottom of my reply email. (Of course, there are times when I choose to file them separately, so that is no problem). I am only speaking of what I want to do in my first sentence. I do not want the original message by itself filed. Nor do I want the reply to the original message filed by itself. After replying, when I open up the sent message folder, the message may be filed anywhere in the sent message folder at the very bottom and I usually have to initiate a find to retrieve it. It is not always at the bottom by date sent because it can be filed under the subject and hidden under the little + and may be back in May sometime. I should be able to open the sent folder and immediately see all the recently sent messages without having to go thru a separate search procedure. Sometimes I can see it at the bottom, if the subject has not been used before. Even if I have the emails sorted by ascending and descending, they are filed under the subject of the recently sent email , so this necessitates a search. My point being, I do not wish to initiate a search everytime I want to file a reply message. And I want to file a received email with its reply, so that I will not have a duplicate of the first email. And I do not want to get rid of the email function that puts all email by subject under one heading regardless of sender and date. With all this in mind, I have tried using the copying function to file the reply in the corresponding folder. It comes up with my name only, and so there will not be an identifying initiator of the email. So this defeats this filing answer. I know this is a complicated question, but sometimes to a complicated question, there is a VERY SIMPLE answer. Sincerely, and Hopefully, Dee Randall Virginia