[Dovecot] Re: (no subject)

[Geo Carncross]

On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 11:32 -0500, John Peacock wrote:
> Geo Carncross wrote:
> > On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 10:53 -0500, John Peacock wrote:
> > 
> >>Geo Carncross wrote:
> >>
> >>>But not for you. Thunderbird can easily find messages by Message-Id.
> >>
> > In thunderbird:
> > 
> > Edit -> Find -> Search Messages (Shift-F)
> > change "field" to "Customize"
> > enter "Message-ID" -> click "Add"
> > Click OK
> > pick "Message-ID" from field-list
> > enter message ID into contains-field
> > hit Search.
> 
> That's not what I would consider easy (in the sense that the client 
> would automatically understand the Message-ID in context).

I'm so glad I don't have to agree with what you consider "easy".

I happen find that to be about as easy as searching for anything else in
Thunderbird.

In the meantime, fill out a bug report with Thunderbird. They could be
more helpful.


FWIW: Outlook and Outlook Express can also search Message-IDs. So can
grep.


I'm glad, at least, that you now know that Message-Ids are not
completely "useless in every mail client [you] have ever used" -- it was
just you didn't know how to use any mail client you have ever used.



> > Put dovecot.org into your IMAP client (anonymous), and search there.
> > http://www.dovecot.org/mailinglists.html
> 
> That's more helpful.
> 
> > But I agree: the Pipermail installation should be configured to include
> > Message-IDs so that google can search it for them.
> 
> That would be nice too, but then the appropriate citation would be to 
> the Google search, not just the bare Message-ID...

Why do you insist I dissect google queries?


You CAN ALWAYS make use of the Message-ID- even if your email client
presently makes it less convenient than you would like.

Google [would be] helpful [to me] if the archive has been indexed
recently, and I'm at work.

At home (however), I do my IMAP offline. Google is completely worthless
to me there.

So, no: the appropriate citation would be a Message-ID.


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