Re: sort msgs by 'conversation'?

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From: gary saxena (gary.saxena_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/28/04 

Date: 27 Nov 2004 18:36:15 -0800

I recently bought and installed Office 2004, and was looking for the
indent feature too, as I used this in Outlook Express extensively. The
"new features for 2004" claims that Entourage has the following:

Group all messages about the same topic, indenting replies and
producing a cascading "waterfall" effect that makes it easier to
follow the flow of discussion.

However, I do not find a way to do this "cascading" effect that is
mentioned by Microsoft above.
Can anyone shed some light on whether this feature is truly there in
the 2004 edition, and if so, how to turn it on?

Gary

Mickey Stevens <mickey.stevens@mvps.org> wrote in message news:<BDC6164A.1011C%mickey.stevens@mvps.org>...
> Unfortunately threading by reference and threading by conversation is not
> available in Entourage. It's an often requested feature.
>
> In the meantime, I use a custom arrangement to group threads for mailing
> lists and newsgroups. It's not ideal because messages with subject changes
> aren't grouped and threading does not indent to show which messages are
> replies to which. Here's the custom arrangement I use:
>
> I've set up a custom arrangement (View > Arrange By > Edit Custom
> Arrangements). It looks like this:
>
> Group items by: Subject
> Sort groups by: Sent Newest on Top
> Sort items within groups by: Sent Oldest on Top
> Default display for groups: Expanded
>
> I can then order any folder or newsgroup that way by opening it and then
> going to View > Arrange By > My Custom Arrangement (right below the Edit
> Custom Arrangements item). It sounds like you definitely want items grouped
> by subject. You then have flexibility as to how you want to subject groups
> ordered (the second option), and how you want the items within each group
> sorted (the third option). Explore the options to see what works best for
> you, save it, and then apply it to a folder.
>
> On 11/20/04 3:08 PM, in article
> WmOnd.20188$zx1.9364@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com, "Geoff Brandt"
> <geoffb@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> > I'm coming over from Apple Mail to take advantage of the Project Center and
> > the integrated Calendar/Task/Contact functions. Aside from a generally
> > "clunkier" interface than Mail which is par for MS apps, it appears there is
> > no facility for viewing email (and Usenet message groups!) by threaded
> > conversation. Is this true? If so, it would practically be a showstopper for
> > me. Grouping by message subject only gets me halfway there.
> >
> > Please advise,
> >
> > Geoff Brandt
> > The TCS Group
> >
> >

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