>>I tried to send a message direct to MIke Cole, using the spy glass tool.
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>>I said lastname = "Cole" (not in)
>>and first name =/in "Mike"
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>>I didn't get him in the list
>>The list included a bunch of Colmans (although I said "=")
>>The Coles and Colemans were all mixed up
>>Neither Coleman's nor Cole's first names were in alphabetical order.
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>>While I'm at it, considering the length of the latest epic twit filter thread it made me think:
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>>When one replies to a message, and gets the list of thread participants, is there any reason why it can't be in alpha order, instead of (I presume) order in which people joined the thread. Sometimes, on a huge thread like the above, it's very hard to find a name to CC via the checkbox.
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>I adjusted the member pick list to be ordered by last name, first name.

1) That's good now, thanks.

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>I also did a search for Cole, and Mike was in the list. Can you tell me if that seach is working for you?

2) I repeated this action and now I get a proper alpha list of Mike Cole. However, I did specify "=" Mike and "=" Cole but he just appeared in the alpha list, not as the selected member. But that's OK.

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>When replying to a message, the list of CC is already ordered, but by last name. Is this was you were referring to.

Isn't that the same as 1) above?