I think I'm starting to get a handle on the use of restrictions in FindItem, but I can't figure out one thing: Say I want to search a folder for all mail items with a subject of "Hello" or "Goodbye" that haven't been read. I can easily search for mail items that haven't been read and have a subject line of "Hello" by using something like this (forgive the naming conventions, code is borrowed): 'restrict the returned items to just items of a specific message class Dim MsgClassField As PathToUnindexedFieldType = New PathToUnindexedFieldType() MsgClassField.FieldURI = UnindexedFieldURIType.itemItemClass Dim MsgClassToGet As ConstantValueType = New ConstantValueType() MsgClassToGet.Value = "IPM.NOTE" Dim MsgClassConstant As FieldURIOrConstantType = New FieldURIOrConstantType() MsgClassConstant.Item = MsgClassToGet Dim iett As IsEqualToType = New IsEqualToType() iett.FieldURIOrConstant = MsgClassConstant iett.Item = MsgClassField 'restrict the returned items to having a subject line "Hello" Dim SubjectField As PathToUnindexedFieldType = New PathToUnindexedFieldType() SubjectField.FieldURI = UnindexedFieldURIType.itemDateTimeReceived Dim SubjectFieldToGet As ConstantValueType = New ConstantValueType() SubjectFieldToGet.Value = "Hello" Dim SubjectFieldConstant As FieldURIOrConstantType = New FieldURIOrConstantType() StartDateReceivedConstant.Item = StartDateReceivedToGet Dim ist As IsEqualToType = New IsEqualToType() ist.FieldURIOrConstant = StartDateReceivedConstant ist.Item = StartDateReceivedField Dim at As AndType = New AndType() ReDim at.Items(2) at.Items(0) = iett at.Items(1) = ist Dim rt As RestrictionType = New RestrictionType() rt.Item = at Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems like I'd need an AndType AND an OrType to search for both "Hello" and "Goodbye" in the subject line, but I don't see how I can combine the two. Does this make sense?

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