(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***) Package: kmail Version: KDE 3.0.2 Severity: wishlist Installed from: Compiled From Sources Compiler: Not Specified OS: Linux OS/Compiler notes: Not Specified It would be great if kmail would support a full text search through the body of all mails for IMAP servers. IMAP has server-side support for this using the SEARCH command. some servers (e.g. cyrus) also have a server-side indexing feature (squatter) to improve search speed. Please also add support for the SEARCH REGEX extension. And while you are at it: please improve searching further. n search clauses groupable by ( ) and AND OR XOR would be nice too. I won't mind if this would mean deviding the interface into a standard and expert interface e.g. leaving the experts with a search-engine like commandline or sql-like commands. Thank you very much. Otherwise kmail is great. (Submitted via bugs.kde.org)
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 08 August 2002 21:05 gerd@deam.de wrote: <snip> > And while you are at it: please improve searching further. n search > clauses groupable by ( ) and AND OR XOR would be nice too. XOR??? You're joking right? But the rest is already planned since ages. Originally the filter=20 search criteria were meant to also be used there. But they themselves=20 are now subject to a major rework (oops don't let anyone hear that=20 we're in a feature freeze ;-). I guess this stuff will be included=20 then. Thanks for reminding me of the IMAP case. > I won't mind if this would mean deviding the interface into a > standard and expert interface e.g. leaving the experts with a > search-engine like commandline or sql-like commands. <snip> SQL? tztztz.... Marc Mutig warf sich die kleine =DCberwachungskamera zwischen T=E4ter und Opfer! --Rena Tangens / FoeBuD e.V. - --=20 Marc Mutz <mutz@kde.org> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9Uuyw3oWD+L2/6DgRAkLdAJ494QmqxhGuvE5eimmyExeoUwbq9wCg3RGp 92wK00so2tVpS/pASXk2h+0=3D =3DKwsE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
> > And while you are at it: please improve searching further. n search > > clauses groupable by ( ) and AND OR XOR would be nice too. > > XOR??? You're joking right? hey "normal" users won't use that anyway even the regex stuff. but why no= t=20 making the logical operators complete if you are at it... oh and don't forget < > <=3D >=3D (especially useful for dates). you co= uld=20 make that even more useful by making "3 weeks ago" or "last year" and that= =20 kind of stuff available ("-3w""-1d""-1y"...) > But the rest is already planned since ages. Originally the filter > search criteria were meant to also be used there. But they themselves > are now subject to a major rework (oops don't let anyone hear that > we're in a feature freeze ;-). I guess this stuff will be included > then. Thanks for reminding me of the IMAP case. nice to hear. > > I won't mind if this would mean deviding the interface into a > > standard and expert interface e.g. leaving the experts with a > > search-engine like commandline or sql-like commands. > > <snip> > > SQL? > tztztz.... I prefer having a nice graphical editor but won't mind just having a powerf= ul=20 command line - as long as all features are there. Thank you. Regards Gerd
It would be very nice to be able to search the message body of messages located in IMAP folders. Overall, it seems like KMAIL has some very limited functionality when it comes dealing with IMAP folders; renaming, searching, filters, etc.
i would like just to give a reminder on this bug-report. as we are sharing folders with collegues this way, windows users can search for content of the e-mails, but I can't (we have some mail archive that way, which I can't use :-(
*** Bug 66126 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Implemented in Kmail 1.6
*** Bug has been marked as fixed ***.
I have to disagree. KMail 1.6 does still not search in IMAP bodies. I plan to implement it one day, though.
*** Bug 66729 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
does http://lists.kde.org/?l=kmail-devel&m=109423996015916&w=2 fix this
Yup, implemented in HEAD.
*** Bug 78611 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
its gonna be in 3.4, then ?
Yes sir!
got 3.4 cvs installed on my laptop, got a try this tonight....
could the full text search be implemented in the search field for the current folder ? you know, on top of the mails list, there is a quick search field that fielter on from/to/subject what about full text search from this field ?
I guess it won't be so easy, because the search field should be very fast. If it is possible, it shouldn't be the default I guess. It could be configured with the well hidden settings in the context menu of the search bar. To give the user an indication what the field currently searches for, it could show a string like "Search headers, from, date, body" in a light gray inside the search field if it is empty. Just like the song-search fields of amarok. The text gets removed if the field gets the focus. Listing what exactly is searched for could give a hint to the user that the search fields are actually configurable. And the "Search"-label to the left wouldn't be needed anymore, too. Since there are three switches already in the context menu, this makes sense even without the new search-body-feature.
Created attachment 8984 [details] screenshot of kmail just tested the full text search using 1.7.91 (KDE 3.3.90 (alpha1, CVS >= 20041206), Gentoo) does not seems to find anything. as you can see on the screenshot I have a mail with the word I am looking for in the directory I'm looking in. thanks but does not seems quite tested.
Created attachment 8999 [details] i get this error at every folder click, once you have a saved search. i get this error at every folder click, once you have a saved search.
Created attachment 9000 [details] i get this error a little less often i get this error a little less often, but quite easy to reproduce by just clicking around.... I would not consider this bug as FIXED as it is not working.... about implementing the full text search in the quick search bar.... Mr Fred said it would not be easy because this quick search need to be fast.... well, just to let you know the Mail program shipped with Mac OS X does it in a lightning.... regards,
> i get this error at every folder click, once you have a saved search. So your server has a problem with the search command. It would be good if you could compile kmail and the imap4 kioslave (kdepim/kioslaves/imap4) with --enable-debug=full and then send us the debug output from kmail (which you get on the console) and the kioslave (which is in your stderr so something like .xsession-errors) when you get this message. Also when you do a search which does not return the desired result. Thanks, Carsten
recompil current CVS and I can't reproduce. never mind