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

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

it was change don purpose, because message-contains is often too slow
(especially over imap).

Jeff

On Mon, 2004-01-26 at 13:51, 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?
>
> 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.  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.
>
> Scott
>
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