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30 Jun 2017, 12:10 PM | #1 |
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Can,t get substring search to work
Is this the correct syntax for a substring search for aaa, for example:
Enter substr:aaa in either the subject or anywhere box of the advanced search screen? when I just tried that, every message was returned. So what am I doing wrong? (Needless to say but I will anyway - this worked fine in the classic interface.) |
30 Jun 2017, 12:33 PM | #2 |
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R u selecting the folder first
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30 Jun 2017, 01:31 PM | #3 |
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Yes. I click advanced search from the folder I want tomsearch and that folder automatically appears in the "In" box.
I also tested by changing the folder as well - same result: substr didn't work. |
30 Jun 2017, 01:42 PM | #4 |
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Substring searches
Ellen, you want to type substr:aaa in either one of these two places:
substr:(body:aaaa) If you use the search string automatically (in the main search box or the advanced Anywhere search field), you will find that word or similar stemmed words (such as automatic) in the following fields of the message:
Last edited by n5bb : 30 Jun 2017 at 02:35 PM. Reason: Changes due to comments from Bron |
30 Jun 2017, 02:14 PM | #5 |
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Actually we no longer stem From/To/CC. I guess there might be some benefit in helping to find both Rob and Robert, but it is nowhere near as valuable as for Subject and Body, and the search box already auto-completes email addresses from your addressbook.
Another thing - it's not rolled out to everyone yet because I still need to rebuild indexes, but if your index is recently build you get prefix matching, so you can search for from:Rob* and get Rob and Robert Give it a go You need the letters at the start of the word because of how the indexing works. |
30 Jun 2017, 02:30 PM | #6 |
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Thanks for the clarifications, Bron. Prefix matching is working for me.
Bill |
30 Jun 2017, 03:20 PM | #7 |
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Thanks for these great tips, Bill.
Bron, prefix matching is working for me too. Ellen |
30 Jun 2017, 03:20 PM | #8 |
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Thanks for these great tips, Bill.
Bron, prefix matching is working for me too. Thanks. Ellen |
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