Re: Features like Sup
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 11:27:42PM -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> * Noah Slater <nslater@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [07-20-09 22:36]:
> >
> > I cannot search for multi-word strings such as "f:noah slater" but
> > instead have to encode this as "f:noah f:slater". The whole syntax
> > for specifying queries is awkward and bizarre. Something more like
> > Gmail would be ideal.
> >
>
> sure you can, f:noah,slater finds "noah" and "slater"
> s:suse= finds Subject with suse substring
This doesn't do what I want.
I want to search for "noah slater" with a significant space.
> > I am unable to search for "any message with an attachment" which
> > infuriates me.
>
> n:word
>
> Match word occurring as the name of an attachment in the
> message. Since attachment names are usually long, this option
> would usually be used in the substring form. So
>
> mairix n:mairix=
>
> would match all messages which have attachments whose names
> contain the substring mairix.
>
> The attachment name is determined from the name=xxx or
> filename=xxx qualifiers on the Content-Type: and
> Content-Disposition: headers respectively.
This doesn't do what I want.
I want to search for any message with an attachment, regardless of name.
Thanks,
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Noah Slater, http://tumbolia.org/nslater