On 29/07/2013 22:54, Iceman wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 14:33:50 -0400, BIll Spikowski wrote in message
> <news:[email protected]>:
> 
>> When looking through long lists of archived emails, I often sort by
>> sender or recipient or date.

There are two types of sort algorithms. Unstable sorts are faster and
more efficient. However if you need something like this:

>> Is there any way to combine these sort methods, for instance sort by
>> sender, then secondarily by another column such as date?

Then a stable sort will allow you to (1) sort by date first, then (2)
sort by sender. After the second sort dates for each sender would still
be sorted by date.

Phil

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