Step 1: Look at Available Keys

It is sometimes convenient to look at messages in order of sender or subject rather than date received. Also, moving messages between mailboxes can put them out of order, so you may have to re-sort them after moving them. At the main screen of Eudora, looking at the message list for the In box, select Edit / Sort and notice how many fields can be used as sort keys. Choose Sender.

Step 2: Look at Sorted Messages

Eudora quickly returns you to the In box listing, but this time the mail messages are in order of sender. Notice that a strict alphabetical listing by last name, first name, is not possible because the sort is done on whatever name the sending mail utility put into the name field. But it helps when you're trying to locate a message from a certain person, by grouping each sender's messages together.

Step 3: Sort Again

Select Edit / Sort and this time select Subject. Eudora places the mail messages in subject order. If you have exchanged a lot of email with someone in the same conversation, and you're looking for a particular message, sorting the messages by subject can save you from a lot of paging up and down, by grouping the whole conversation together.

Step 4: Return to Date Order

Select Edit / Sort / Date. Eudora places the messages in order of date and time sent. Most people prefer to keep this order most of the time, since Eudora will place new messages at the end of the list.