Re: [Evolution] "message contains" as the default mail search type

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

On Mon, 2004-01-26 at 19:51, Scott Otterson wrote: 
> Having just updated to evolution 1.4.5, I see that the mail search type
> default has changed from "message contains" to "subject contains."  
>
> Is there any way I can change it back?  Gconf or something?

You can change this in your ~/evolution/searches.xml file.

If you have any saved searches, they are on top of that file in the
<rule grouping="any" source="incoming"> section. Skip them.

The searches options for the Search dropdown box are defined in the
following <rule grouping="any" source="demand"> sections, where order
matters for the display. Just change the oder, that means, set the
entire block

    <rule grouping="any" source="demand">
      <title>Message contains</title>
      ...
    </rule>

before the block containing "Subject contains" as <title> content.


> One of the best evolution features was the ease of message searching.  I
> have come to realize that this was simply because the default search
> looked through all the message text.  With "Message contains" I can
> almost always find the email I'm looking for on the first try.  I just
> type in word I know was in the email, say, a person's name, or
> "deadline" when I am looking for a certain date.  
>
> It's not like that with the new "subject contains" default.  Not only
> does the subject almost never contain a person's name, but it also
> almost never contains the subject.

heh, yay :)


> People seldom bother with a good
> message title, and even if they did, the true subject of a thread
> changes as messages get forwarded back and forth, and as the topic
> morphs.
>
> So, "message contains" is the search type that locates emails with the
> fewest tries.  With 1.4.5 as it is, I have an extra click to get to it
> -- a minor annoyance but one that I hope is easily fixed.

If you wanna customize this site-wide (takes only affect for new users
AFAIK) see /usr/share/evolution/1.4/default_user/searches.xml.

Have fun...

...guenther


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