You cannot specify the secondary sort key by which your mail messages are
displayed in Outlook Express.
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The behavior occurs because the secondary sort key by which your mail
messages are displayed is determined by the mail protocol Outlook Express
is currently using.
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This behavior is by design.
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You can specify the primary sort key by which your mail messages are
displayed by clicking Sort By on the View menu, and then clicking the sort
key you want to use. The secondary sort key is determined by the mail
protocol Outlook Express is currently using. For example, the Post Office
Protocol 3 (POP3) protocol uses the Received column as the secondary sort
key, and the Internet Mail Access Protocol 4 (IMAP4) protocol uses the Sent
column as the secondary sort key.
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