Re: [Evolution] Multiple folder search

[Arcterex <alan ufies org>]

On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 05:16:38PM -0400, Peter Williams wrote:
> On 15 Aug 2001 13:41:30 -0700, Mike Leckey, Jr. wrote:
> > Am I missing it, or is there really no way to search all folders?
> > 
> > For example, select 'Local Folders', then search.  This would then
> > search *all* folders* under 'Local Folders'
> > 
> > Or, select an IMAP folder, then search all folders on the IMAP server.
> > 
> > I could setup a Vfolder, but that takes too much time, and overkill,
> > since I am only looking for something one time.
> > 
> 
> No; you're right. One could argue that if you use vfolders, then you
> need fewer physical folders, so searching in "all" folders is not such a
> big deal.
> 
> Searching under "Local Folders" as you describe would be nice, but would
> be extremely hard to implement because the shell owns the Local Folders,
> and they're not guaranteed to contain email. For that to work we would
> need to implement a common search infrastructure across all the
> components, which would be very nice, but very difficult.

$ grep -R "search string" $EVOLUTION/Local

Or something like that.....

Seriously though, this is something that is (IMHO) needed.  The impression I
got for vfolders were they were for organization, not one time searches.  IE:
if I remember that bob sent me an email a while back about penguins, I'd like
to just be able to go search->from contains 'bob' message contains 'penguin'
-> search.

Telling a user they have to create a folder to do this (even a virtual one) is
going to be a bit of a stretch, assuming they understand what a vfolder is in
the first place (I love vfolders, but having worked in support for a while, I
know that the average joe out there will not "get" vfolders right away.

So yea, if you could just do that, that'd be greeeeeeeaaaat.... :)

alan

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