sure, that'd be acceptable. Jeff
On Mon, 2004-01-26 at 15:08, Benjamin Kahn wrote: > Maybe the default should be: "Sender or Subject contains" like Mozilla > uses? It's a fast search, and seems to be the most common things I > search for. (It might also be interesting to try headers contain...) > > On Mon, 2004-01-26 at 14:50, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > -- > Benjamin Kahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Special Projects > W: 617 / 613 - 2024 > Support Manager > F: 401 / 712 - 8649 > Security Team > > _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
