Re: search in index (mbox)

[Jan-Herbert Damm <jan-h-damm@xxxxxx>]

Hi,

Kyle Wheeler wrote on 09.06.09:
> On Tuesday, June  9 at 08:51 PM, quoth Jan-Herbert Damm:
> >i am confused about mutt's searching behaviour.
snip 
> ... The *default* $simple_search is:
> 
>      ~f %s | ~s %s
snip
> Presumably, in your sent box, you'd want it to also search the 
> recipients (since, like I said, all the messages in your sent box were 
> sent by YOU), so you could change it to being:
> 
>      ~f %s | ~s %s | ~C %s
> 
> Check the manual's (or the muttrc man page's) description of "simple 
> patterns" for more details on what those letters mean.

checked it, changed it, happy now! 

it is beautifully logical but tricky to figure out on your own.

thank you, Kyle.