Re: [Evolution] Hidden emails when searching in the whole account

[Thomas Mittelstaedt <tmstaedt t-mittelstaedt de>]

Am Samstag, den 17.07.2010, 10:54 -0600 schrieb Simon Siemens: 
> Hi,
>
> I use Evolution for my IMAP account. The inbox there contains several
> folders. The inbox almost no email. All are in those folders. 
>
> When I search with the search bar in the whole account, then only a
> subset of the hits are shown. In a specific example, only one email is
> shown in the results list, whereas the application title say "Konto
> durchsuchen (11 insgesamt) - Evolution" (in English, it is something
> like "Account search (11 in total) - Evolution"). I did not count the
> real number of emails that match the search, but 11 sounds quite
> reasonable. The one it shows, is the only match, which is in the inbox.
>
> So, how can I make Evolution show me all eleven hits?
>
> If I go into a folder and search only in it, all emails are shown.
>
> I played a bit with the view menu, with no success though. Hide deleted
> messages is marked, but has no effect if I unset it. Actually, the
> emails I am looking for, are not deleted. The other options (hide chosen
> and read message, show hidden messages) are not marked.
>
> Can you help me how to do searching right in Evolution?

Ever since I started to use evolution (2.25 then, now 2.28.4), I found
the searching in current account and all accounts to be unreliable.
It was helpful to use the "wipe all button" to the right of the 
search entry field or Strg-Shift-Q to make sure there is a clean
state before searching. 

I recommend to use saved searches to create a search and then click
through the folders of interest applying that saved search. That proved
to be reliable.
I also would recommend you to use filters extensively to organize your
mail. You then need less searching because the filters tell you in which
folders certain mails end up.
I also used search folders to search multiple folders. That used to work
for a one-time search. But don't be tempted to use those virtual search
folders for regular mail reading. When new mails arrive the update of
the search folders simply doesn't work reliably as far as my experiences
goes.
Hope that helps,

-- 
thomas