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]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 10:54 AM Subject: [OE] Filing email and its reply at one time >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 > > > > > > > > > > > >============================== >Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. >RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi