1.   And when Merrill asked if Microsoft could change how an electronic mail program sorted messages, Microsoft complied.

2.   And those programs let you sort your messages any way you like.

3.   A. Many e-mail programs will let you sort your messages in a variety of ways, including by date, priority, subject or sender.

4.   Click on that, and it will sort your message by date and time.

5.   Some e-mail programs will let you sort your messages by different criteria besides the time they were sent, like Priority settings, size, subject or sender.

6.   The user names will eventually make it possible for viewers to rate each other, sorting helpful messages from mere ranting, he said.