I am having problems searching Outlook for a phone number.

[David Ehlert (dehlert)]

We are using Outlook 2003 with Exchange 2003.

I have a number of sub-folders that are consisitently used all day.

I am trying to search for a phone number, using the advanced find feature,
that is located within the body of e-mails that could be located in multiple
sub-folders.

I have tried the full 7-digit number (i.e. 555-1212) and nothing is found.
I have tried the suffix (i.e. 1212) and nothing is found.
I have tried the prefix (i.e. 555) and I finally get results.

The problem is that the phone number I am searching for is one in a group of
approximately 200 within the specified prefix.

Any thoughts to help me in finding the messages I need.

Thanks in advance.

David C. Ehlert
IT Analyst - Communications
IT Services Department
2048 N. Fine Ave.
Fresno, CA 93727

Voice: 559-452-3536
FAX: 559-452-3628
E-Mail: (e-mail address removed)

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

does 5551212 work? (no dash)

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Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



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[David Ehlert (dehlert)]

In the example below, no it did not. I tried that at the time.

I finally got some response by my support staff and it might be a McAfee
issue that is causing some weirdness, plus read the next paragraph.

I also think there might be an issue with Window's Explorer in that I had to
turn the "Indexing" off when trying to search files out on a shared drive.
This change has made a difference while doing a search through Window's
Explorer, and that may have fixed the issue above.

Thanks for your response.

David Ehlert

does 5551212 work? (no dash)

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



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We are using Outlook 2003 with Exchange 2003.

I have a number of sub-folders that are consisitently used all day.

I am trying to search for a phone number, using the advanced find feature,
that is located within the body of e-mails that could be located in
multiple
sub-folders.

I have tried the full 7-digit number (i.e. 555-1212) and nothing is found.
I have tried the suffix (i.e. 1212) and nothing is found.
I have tried the prefix (i.e. 555) and I finally get results.

The problem is that the phone number I am searching for is one in a group
of
approximately 200 within the specified prefix.

Any thoughts to help me in finding the messages I need.

Thanks in advance.

David C. Ehlert
IT Analyst - Communications
IT Services Department
2048 N. Fine Ave.
Fresno, CA 93727

Voice: 559-452-3536
FAX: 559-452-3628
E-Mail: (e-mail address removed)