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
> > > 
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