Re: Viewing Inbox and Sent Items

I'm aware he wanted to SORT, not SEARCH. I was just suggesting that, in the
absence of a sort solution, he might approximately meet his needs by
searching on one name at a time.


On 7/25/05 11:06 AM, in article 1h095ed.12cu3gz1493rfaN%matt@xxxxxxxxxxx,
"matt neuburg" <matt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Allen Watson <allenwatson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand
>> this format, some or all of this message may not be legible.
>>
>> --B_3205133676_60903531
>> Content-type: text/plain;
>> charset="ISO-8859-1"
>> Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit
>>
>> It largely depends on how the display name and e-mail address are given by
>> the sender. If there is no name, it will sort by the e-mail address. If the
>> name is in quotes, the quoted form will sort separately from the unquoted
>> form. It's a mess, frankly, but it isn't really the fault of Entourage.
>>
>> Perhaps you can more closely approximate what you want by typing the name
>> you want in the quick filter box, which will find the string you type
>> anywhere in the sender name field. Type "mike" and you'll be viewing
>> messages with that string anywhere in the name field:
>>
>> Mike Jones
>> Jones, Mike
>> "Mike"
>> mike@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> However, if the sender is "Sam Smith <akamike@xxxxxxxxxxx>" it will not
>> match, because quick filter searches only the name, not the actual e-mail
>> address. If You want that, you'll need to do the Advanced Find command.
>
> The OP is sorting, not searching. - I take it from private
> correspondence that his expectation is that Entourage should turn to its
> own address book, match up addresses with entries there, and use the
> name as listed there. This seems like a reasonable expectation and
> would, as I told him, make a good feature request. (I think Apple Mail
> does something of the kind.) m.
>

.

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