Bill, I use ctrl+shift+F to do a search when that happens...and no, there's really no other way other than emptying your deleted items folder regularly so the piles of emails don't build up too terribly much. Ruthie & Breakthrough: It nearly booted on the first try. MSN Messenger ID: ruthie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx AOL and Yahoo Messenger ID: chaosynchronous ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Stephan" <wstephan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 4:07 PM Subject: [real-eyes] Sorting deleted items > All: > > > Is there a way to control how the deleted items in Outlook are > stored/saved? There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to how mine > are saved, so finding something that was accidentally deleted is very > time-consuming. > Thanks in advance. > > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, > go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes