Outlook 2003 - Sending Email - Find Messages Related to Your Reply

SUMMARY: Find all e-mails related to a particular e-mail conversation in Outlook 2003.

Ever send e-mail back and forth among several people, creating a huge conversation?

E-mails can pile up quickly, and as you reply to a message in this virtual conversation, it can be hard to keep up with everything that was said. Though many people quote messages to help show the train of thought, some don't use this functionality, and some may delete quotes if the messages get too large. Thus, when replying to an e-mail, it may be beneficial to read the conversation that led up to the current point. Luckily, this is easy.

When replying to an e-mail message and in the compose e-mail window, to view all related messages to the current conversation, click "Tools" - "Find All" - "Related Messages". Outlook 2003 will search your e-mail folders and return all e-mail that it deems are related to the current message, ususally those sharing the current subject.

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