Les Mikesell wrote: > On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 12:11 PM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: >>> >>> did you pick the 'sync' option for the account? After doing that, >> >> No. I didn't know what it did. > > It very specifically mentioned improving the search capability in the > dialog where you made that choice... Yeah, but who knows what that means. And why would they take *out* something that was *always* there before, regardless of settings like this? <snip> > Try 'Help/Migration Assistant' Well, import didn't have it; I did go to account settings->synchronization & storage, and it has message synchronizing checked, and sync all messages regardless of age. > Worst case, you might delete the account and add it back. I don't think so.... > > By the way, if you have anywhere to run it, outlook from Microsoft > Office 10 is very good at searching too - much nicer than earlier > versions, although it takes forever to build its initial index. The gov laptop is at home. I turn it on *only* when I have to.... mark