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I would like to search for emails that:
- Arrived in a certain time frame.
- Were sent by a particular person.
- Started a conversation (e.g. were not replies).
The first two are easy enough to achieve using advanced search criteria. However, I can't figure out how to achieve number #3. I was expecting to find a search criterion entitled In-reply-to
or similar, which I could specify should be absent/empty, but there isn't one.
Can anyone suggest a way to do this? I suppose I could request the subject doesn't contain RE:
, but that's a little hacky and not internationalized.
To be fair, the "RE:" search is working well for me in this instance. But it would be nice if there is a better solution to this. – Duncan Jones – 2014-08-14T08:10:47.740
Have you read Microsoft FAQ for Outlook Instant Search? http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/find-a-message-or-item-by-using-instant-search-HA001230585.aspx#BM2
– edumgui – 2014-08-14T08:12:51.783@Santeador It wasn't one of the pages that came up in my research. Presumably because it doesn't appear to contain an answer to my question. Can you explain why you posted the link - did I miss something? – Duncan Jones – 2014-08-14T08:24:58.217
I'm sorry @Duncan, the link intended was http://help.outlook.com/en-us/140/Cc498709.aspx#aqs and I didn't see your comment. I think that your "hack" for "RE:" OR "FW:" is the best way.
– edumgui – 2014-08-14T08:47:58.100I'm using an old version of Outlook, but if I go Tools, Macro,Visual Basic Editor, it takes me to a VBA project where I can write search functions. Not an answer because I don't have an example that does exactly what you want. – user165568 – 2014-08-14T11:21:48.713