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Message Search
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soyMAIL provides a keyword search on a per-folder basis. GThe strings to be searched for do not require or accept any wildcards. MThe search finds messages that contain the supplied sequence of characters inNthe specified component of the message. Search strings are not case sensitiveNand may contain any printable character. Multiple search parameters result in'progressively more constrained results.:

soyMAIL also provides regular expressionsearching (seehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression).KThe search string should be prefixed with a caret ("^") character)(not included in the pattern) to indicate/regex rather than keyword search.C

Searching is very expensive in terms of CPU and disk activity. CSome or all search facilities may be disabled by the soyMAIL3administrator. If unavailable the button appears asb  1and provides a message to that effect if pressed."

Search ParametersA

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Date: :The date dialog defaults to messages received on ANY date.O
Specific dates can be selected from the dialog. Messages since, before orIon that date can then be searched for. The date is local to the soyMAIL6server and as displayed in the folder message listing.
From:
To:
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Subject:
KThese fields are the same as those displayed in the folder message listing.H
The address and subject fields are very efficient message selectors.
Message:HMessage content must be in plain-text or have a plain-text alternative. %soyMAIL does not search HTML content.
Attachment:NThis field selects messages based on whether any attachment name (usually file$name) contains the specified string.
Category:HThis selector allows messages to be located based on a broad grouping ofgeneral characteristics.
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  • messages with Internet-style addressing
  • with VMS-style addressing*
  • messages with one or more attachments
  • no attachments,
  • messages containing text in HTML format"
  • messages in plain-text formatI
  • The raw category changes the behaviour of the Message:Hstring search. Instead of the message text being searched the full, rawEcharacters of the unformatted message is searched (header and body). 
Results every:JThe selector for result hits allows particularly long and low-hit searchesLto be progressed one hit (or a small number of hits) at a time, reducing the)delays before seeing progressive results.


Search ResultsJ

soyMAIL returns the results of a search in the standard folder messageMlisting format. Listed messages may then be read or otherwise operated on inKthe usual way. When search parameters involve message content (text and/orCattachments) the message list may have gaps in the message numbers.;

Folder messages may be progressively searched using the' A?A  dialog.

When reading from theUpage the' AA  Kprevious and next buttons do not step over any message number gaps. SearchFresults involving message context are best read from the listing page.

Until the' 9  or' :  Kbuttons are used the current search will be repeated against any new folderselected using the' C  Gdialog.**  In this way the same search may be applied to multiple/folders without returning to the search dialog.#

Search Performance*

soyMAIL search operates at two levels.

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The first group are very fast and efficient selectors. They do notLrequire access to the message content itself. The second group require veryNmuch more intensive processing, particularly if MIME content is involved. ForMsearches of folders containing many messages there can be significant latencyin returning a result.

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