Do you want to sort by sent date or received date?
If the problem is the received date is the import date, don't import, export
it from OE to Outlook.
To apply the same view to all folders, see
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/grouping.htm. modify the fields used for
your specific needs.
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"Jim B" <JimB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A57369B7-CFE0-4525-B2F8-21EEDAC6B86B@microsoft.com...
> One of the annoying "features" of Outlook is that when importing mail from
> Outlook Express, the default sort date is the date when the importing took
> place, not the original date received. What I would really like to do is
> have all mail sorted by the original date SENT. Is there a registry hack
> that would allow me to do this? Or at the minimum, allow me to sort all
> mail
> by original date received.
>
> I know I can go to each folder and set them individually, but when you
> have
> several dozen folders (or more), this can be a real pain in the . . . !
> --
> The Computer Doctor