My New Mac, Lion Edition

Sorting Messages

To find a particular message, you can sort your messages through one of the following criteria:

• Attachments Groups all messages with file attachments together

• Date Sorts chronologically by the date you received the message

• Flags Sorts any messages that you have flagged with a color

• From Sorts alphabetically by the sender’s name or email address

• Size Sorts messages by their length

• Subject Sorts alphabetically by the email’s subject text

• To Sorts alphabetically by the recipient’s name or email address

• Unread Separates unread messages from your read messages

Note

In addition to sorting by a specific criterion, you can also sort in ascending or descending order.

To sort your messages, do this:

1. Start the Mail program. (Click the Mail icon on the ...