GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 219327
"Include all subfolders" recursive Search feature
Last modified: 2010-03-13 22:17:43 UTC
It would be nice to be able to search mails in all folders at once. Currently it is only possible in (the selected) one folder. KUDGW
this looks like a feature?
searches spanning accross multiple folders can be done via vFolders. I'm not sure we care to implement "search" for multiple folders...
vFolders are good for searches that are done a lot, but sometimes (oftem actually) I just want to search all my folders for a specific email once. That evo doesn't do this is awfully limiting. When I need to do this, I'll either use grep or Mozilla mail, which has a "search subfolders" option.
*** bug 239181 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
adding dependency
*** bug 224080 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
a possible way to solve this has been described in dup bug 224080: adding a "search in" field to the search.
*** bug 273170 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 301338 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 201573 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
One more problem is: I have a big maildir directory with lots of mails in it. In Evolution 2.2.3 it is now possible to add maildir directories to vFolder sources BUT you have to add every single folder instead of adding only the top folder with all sub folders. If you have many sub folders it is not manageable. So vFolders are unusable for recursive search through all your folders if you use maildir directories. It is necessary to add a real search feature through all mail folders.
*** Bug 331859 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
"Searching mails in more then one folder" directly is supported by vFolders (named Search Folder since 2.4). This bug is about including an entire sub-tree of folders recursively in the search. The UI bits could be implemented similar to the "include threads" feature in the (advanced) search dialog. Additionally, this feature could be directly available in the right-click context menu of the mail tree (right-clicking selects the folder anyway). We'd just need to add a menu item for an advanced search.
2.8 has a better UI for search with support for search in multiple folders at a time. You can search account-level to solve this problem. Reopen if it doesnt meet your needs. However, you cant choose arbitrary folders, from different stores(accounts) with the new search UI.
From what I can see, you can search in the current folder, or "all accounts". Is there an easy way to search in all-subfolders?
You can search in "Current Account" also. It may not be exactly what you want, but it is a little better than searching only in current folder. I am not sure if any work is being made on search-including-sub-folders. But just wanted to mention that you have some alternatives.
Okay, well thanks for that. My bug was marked a dupe of this one, but this bug "search all folders" is fixed. My bug 301338 "search should include subfolders" is not. I'll undupe it.
(In reply to comment #16) > You can search in "Current Account" also. It may not be exactly what you want, > but it is a little better than searching only in current folder. I am not sure > if any work is being made on search-including-sub-folders. But just wanted to > mention that you have some alternatives. > So I guess we need a design decision. Either accept this feature request or close it as WONTFIX.
Bumping version to a stable release.
You can search All folders in the last Evolution versions. Closing as FIXED.