My solution is to use Windows Mail for newsgroups only, and
use WLM for mail. I keep both programs open all the time.
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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)
"Michael Santovec" <michael_santovec@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uH8D%23d%23rIHA.524@xxxxxx
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>I don't see how quick views helps.
>
> I'll explain what I'm attempting to do so maybe it will be clearer.
>
> Sometimes when I'm reading through a newsgroup I need to refer to an e-mail in order to answer a news post it. I don't want to
> leave the newsgroup or in any way disturb the currently listed messages in the newsgroup or my position in the newsgroup.
>
> What I used to do in OE was do Edit, Find, Message and get a dialog which would let me select any mail or news folder (I usually
> know what folder I want to look in) and then enter some search criteria (From, To, Subject, Body, etc.).
>
> If I attempt to do that in WLM while I'm in a newsgroup, the look in option does not let me select any of the POP3 mail folders
> (I don't have any IMAP or HTTP accounts). It does let me select the storage folders, which often have what I want. But not the
> POP3 Inbox or Sent Items which may be where I want to look. And quick views don't seem to show in the Find dialog either.
>
> Robert suggested opening the Find dialog while in mail mode. That seems to work. But since it's not something I use every day,
> I'd probably forget to open the dialog before I really need it. And I don't really like having more dialogs open that I really
> need.
>
> Unless I can come up with something better, I might just abandon the POP3 folders and keep everything in the storage folders.
> With messages rules I can easily download all incoming mail to a storage folder Inbox. With Sent Items I'd probably have to move
> them manually. But I don't send a lot of mail, so that shouldn't be much of a problem.
>
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> Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm
>
>
>
> "Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:#nkRja8rIHA.5872@xxxxxx Quote:
>> Sorry, I just re-read your post and noticed you were talking about Edit > Find, not Find a message. So, the answer is yes -
>> select the All e-mail Quick view and use Find a message (Ctrl-E).
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>> Noel
>>
>> "Michael Santovec" <michael_santovec@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:e3RThn7rIHA.4788@xxxxxx Quote:
>>> I noticed that when in newsgroups, If I select Edit, Find, Messages it will let me select a newsgroup or Storage Folder for
>>> searching. But the folders in my POP3 accounts are inaccessible.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to search the POP3 folders without leaving the newsgroup?
>>>
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>>>
>>> Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm
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