I have over 13000 emails in my Sent folder, which means it takes a long time to load whenever I want to go there. However I don't want to delete them because I sometimes need to refer back.

If I simply create another folder, eg Sent Items 2006, and transfer the emails to it, the way they are configured changes.

In the Sent Items folder, I get: To, Subject, Sent, and Account.

However in the Sent Items 2006 folder, this changes to: From, Subject, and Received.

In other words, the most useful reference, ie who I sent the email to, is removed.

Is there any way I can create a second Sent Items folder that will retain the emails according to where I sent them?

Oh my goodness, you are a legend.

Thankyou thankyou!

It's amazing how one can use these programmes for years without ever needing to use a function like View Columns.

I am all sorted and I appreciate your help!

what vesion of OE

if you click on the folder
and then go to view>
columns>

you can tick which columns to select