I have Windows Live Hotmail.

I see only 2 methods of 'scrolling' back in time through e-mails.  The very tedious and slow "page by page" and the un helpful jump all the way to the beginning (for me, 2005).

Is there a way to scroll continuously or search by month/year? I'm urgently trying to find a few e-mails from a few years back.  I can't recall the sender's name or address.