I have an idea that I would like to share with you guys.  Lately, I've put a 
couple of lists in Digest Mode.  I suggest that if you are overwhelmed with 
messages, you could do that, and when you go to look at the messages within 
the digest, you can use your "find" feature to search for keywords like 
"subject" or keywords from a particular subject of interest.

Smiles,

sharon