What Search Folders Do
Think of a Search Folder as a virtual folder. Even though an e-mail might be in the Sent Items folder, you can perform any action, such as reading it or replying to it, while you are working in a Search Folder in which it appears. The next e-mail in the folder might be located in the Inbox or a custom folder such as Personal E-mail, but you can work with it without leaving the Search Folder and navigating to the Personal E-mail folder.
You can use Outlook's predefined Search Folders, or custom Search Folders you create, to group e-mails based on almost any search criteria. Some examples of Search Folder search criteria are
Unread items
Items with High importance
Items that were received in the past month
Items that have been ...
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