Re: [Evolution] Searching for a word

[Thomas Mittelstaedt <tmstaedt t-mittelstaedt de>]

On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 15:20 -0800, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: 
> I need to find messages about my IRA account.  Is there any way to
> search for Subjects containing the *word* ira, so as not to find the
> very large number of messages with subjects, for example:
>         Sviraj's new CD
>         Urgent Expiration Notice
>         Downloads of Pirated Windows 7
>         Virage Logic Grows with Purchase
>         ...
>
> Any help would be appreciated.

Sure. Use Search->Advanced Search. And in the ensuing dialog, use "Regex
Match", "Message Header", and something like \bira\b . See the man page
for grep for details on regular expressions. I just tried \bira\b and it
worked!



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thomas