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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,

-- 
Noah Slater, http://tumbolia.org/nslater