Sort Spotlight results by creation date?

Hi All--
At work, I've recently switched from an old old version of MS Outlook to Entourage 2004, which seems much better. I'd like to archive my old mail, and use Spotlight to search it.
This works very well, except that with e-mail, the "date received" is the key date -- not the "last viewed" date that Spotlight likes to sort on. When I click on a found e-mail, sure enough the "date received" is displayed, but I can't sort on it. It's pretty frustruating when you're looking for a particular mail, and Spotlight keeps resorting them every time you open a message to see if it's the right one.
Is there a way to get the Spotlight window to sort by creation date? I'm open to Terminal hacks, etc -- any ideas?

> Is there a way to get the Spotlight window to sort by
creation date? I'm open to Terminal hacks, etc -- any
ideas?
I think I understand the question. I find the results from the Find command (command-F) are more useful when viewed in list mode. I didn't realize at first that you could do this. Try this:
1) Do command-F - search for whatever you want, doesn't matter
2) Change the View in the command area to List. (It's got three options: icons, list, or groups. Spotlight seems to default to displaying by groups.)
3) Pull down the Finder "View" Menu and select Show View Options.
4) Date Created is probably unchecked. Check it.
5) Now you should have a Date Created column in your search area. You can click on the Date Created header to sort by Date Created.
6) ... but it will come up in Groups mode next time you search. One solution is to Save your search into a smart folder (SOMETHING.savedSearch). Customize your search display how you like it. Once it's saved you can put the smart folder in your Sidebar or your Dock so it's always available.
Hope that helps - works for me.
Powerbook G4 12" Mac OS X (10.4.8) 1.5 GHz, 1.25Gb ram

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