Wildcard matching was a feature of the probabilistic prefix, and we no longer have it for the boolean prefix. Also note that top-level folder can now be searched. --- NEWS | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 75dba6f963b0..f10c280be328 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -21,12 +21,13 @@ General The `folder:` search prefix now requires an exact match The `folder:` prefix has been changed to search for email messages - by the exact, case sensitive maildir or MH folder name. The new - behaviour allows for more accurate mail folder based searches, and - should lead to less surprising results than the old behaviour. Users - are advised to see the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for - details, and review how the change affects their existing `folder:` - searches. + by the exact, case sensitive maildir or MH folder name. Wildcard + matching (`folder:foo*`) is no longer supported. The new behaviour + allows for more accurate mail folder based searches, makes it + possible to search for messages in the top-level folder, and should + lead to less surprising results than the old behaviour. Users are + advised to see the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for details, + and review how the change affects their existing `folder:` searches. There is a new `path:` search prefix. -- 1.9.2 _______________________________________________ notmuch mailing list notmuch@notmuchmail.org http://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch