[imp] imp search issue

[Xavier Bertou]

I've just set up a Horde/Imp/etc. server and am quite impressed by the
result, but one of my concerns was the search interface.
I have moved from my old *nix favorite mail reader (mutt) to gmail,
which had a few nice features, one of them being the search. I use it
all the time, and it really changed my life.
The default search in Gmail just searches all folders (except spam and
trash), and looks for both headers and contents. It is very comon (for
me) to search for a mail from someone talking about something, and
much faster just to enter "someone something" than to separate from:
and body: (this is allowed in Gmail search, BTW).
As an end-user, I would very much like to have a text box, and
whatever I enter there is searched for in any field. Then, prefixing
it by "from:", "to:"... would restrict the search.
Note I have no idea how the search is performed (is the whole mailbox
downloaded on the server?), and I would be happy to understand how the
IMAP interface works when one does a search.
Cheers,
-- 
Xavier

On 9/1/05, Kevin M. Myer <kevin_myer at iu13.org> wrote:
> Quoting Kevin Konowalec <kevin at ualberta.net>:
> > I think if a field was chosen by default and the text box available
> > immediately this would go a long way to calming people down.
> 
> I'd concur to some degree.  The search interface in IMP 4, while more flexible
> and powerful, also requires the user to make an initial choice, as you
> note. The search interface in IMP 3, while static, was perhaps more
> intuitive to
> end-users.  One district we serve noted that while everything else in Horde 3
> was a big step forward, the search interface in IMP 4 may have been a step
> back.
> 
> Statistically, I wonder what the most common type of search is, for
> email? Whatever it is, default to that, with the option to add or
> change the initial
> search.
> 
> Kevin
> 
> --
> Kevin M. Myer
> Senior Systems Administrator
> Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13  http://www.iu13.org