XP Outlook 2003.
When I want to find a message containing a phrase, Outlook searches from the earliest message. However, usually the message I want is quite recent.
Is there a way to change the order in which Outlook 2003 searches email messages?
Outlook searches based on modified date - oldest first, that's why it finds the oldest messages first.
On top of the Date column, isn't there a sort-by filter? (Newest on Top etc.) That would be my first guess. I'm running Outlook 2010 however, so maybe it's different.
Alleluia.
I am still using Outlook 2007 and searching was painful because it searched the oldest first (2004 in my case) and displayed the newest last. By unchecking the folders check boxes in Instant Search, results are displayed instantly with the most recent first.
What was the point of instant search?!