Re: [Evolution] expression search / complex search phrase

[Emre Erenoglu <erenoglu hotmail com>]

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Emre Erenoglu <erenoglu hotmail com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I generally have 1500-2000 emails in my inbox before I archive them,
> > and as part of my daily email activity at work, I depend a lot on
> > email search.
> >
> > I'm using Thunderbird & Outlook, what I do in Thunderbird is using the
> > GmailUI/ExpressionSearch add-on. With this add-on, I can do searches
> > like:
> > from:some_guy to:other_guy subject:topic1
> > and see only mails from some_guy sent to or cc other_guy under the
> > subject topic1.
> >
> > some other time, I'm just using from:name subject:topic2 to search for
> > specific email subject coming from a specific person.
> >
> > At the moment, evolution does not let me do this and forces me to
> > choose from a drop-down list with limited choice.
> >
> > Is there some way to write such complex search phrase?
> >
> > Note that it becomes much more critical when I do searches on my
> > localhost imap archive server, containing 15 to 25k messages per year.
> >
> > --
> > Emre

> From: Reid Thompson <Reid Thompson ateb com>
> Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:06:58 +0000
>
> Top menu,select search, advanced search, add whatever conditions you
> wish.  If it's a search that you do often, then name it and save it for
> later re-use.

Thanks Reid for your comment. So do I understand that this feature is
not supported yet and there's no such search possibility?  In this
case, maybe I shall put a bug report and ask for this feature?

Regarding your workaround, my work includes dealing with few hundred
people on a very large geopgraphic region with too many separate
topics (I'm working as a proposals director). making a specific saved
search does not seem possible due to the different search patterns I
use daily. I would end up with at least tens of them but still can't
address all as new ones will be added as we have new proposals to make
:)
The addon in Thunderbird is working very nice and quick for this function.

--
Emre