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Problem with search in Mail - PeterB - 10-15-2009
Hi everyone,
If I try to use Mail's search "entire message" function, I'm getting different results if I search "All Mailboxes" versus if I search a specific mailbox. (If I search All Mailboxes, I get lots of results; if I search a specific mailbox, I get no results at all.) So far, here's what I've tried to fix this, none of which has worked:
- Repairing permissions
- Getting Spotlight to rebuild the search index by selecting, then deselecting, the hard drive under Spotlight in System Preferences
- Rebuilding the mailbox in question
- Using Onyx to rebuild Mail's Envelope Index
Anything else to try? Or is this a bug in Mail? (I'm using OS 10.5.8 on a MBP.)
TiA
Re: Problem with search in Mail - clay - 10-15-2009
searching in mail has been spotty at best for me (10.5.8 for me, too). Certain parameters won't return any results when I'm positive they should. And other parameters work pretty well.
I should boot into 10.6 to see if they fixed it, but it's an issue for me as long as I can remember.
Re: Problem with search in Mail - PeterB - 10-15-2009
clay, yeah, it's pretty aggravating -- especially when I want to find one particular email, and I know it's there somewhere...
Re: Problem with search in Mail - C(-)ris - 10-15-2009
Eh, search/spotlight is erratic. Take what you can get, it isn't worth the time to try and figure it out.
Re: Problem with search in Mail - steveroberts - 10-15-2009
Same problem here on Tiger Mail. Unable to find a workable solution.
SR