Re: [Evolution] Multiple folder search

[Peter Williams <peterw ximian com>]

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.

Peter

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