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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: Search fails on large message folder
From:       Don Sanders <sanders () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-10-01 13:40:24
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On Sun, 01 Oct 2000, Casey Allen Shobe wrote:
> Don Sanders wrote (on Sat, 30 Sep 2000):
> > > Try to quit KMail and restart, does that help?
> >
> > The problem is after a change is made to the list of folders (liking
> > inserting a new one) the search dialog gets confused, it should really
> > indicate failure rather than just do nothing.
>
> Restarting Kmail doesn't help with the bug where the search by default the
> wrong folder.  Though I have narrowed it down to this:
>
> When you have multiple folders of the same name, and try to search one, it
> *always* tries to search the *last* folder by that name.  It should search
> the selected folder.

Okay, submit a bug report. This sounds like a valid bug, but it isn't high 
enough priority for me to take my attention away from other bugs.

BFN,
Don.

>
> > Try applying the attached patch, after doing so you should be able to fix
> > the problem by simply closing and reopening the search dialog rather than
> > having to quite and restart kmail (Which at least is an improvement).
>
> I really don't know since I can't reproduce this:
> > > Okay, problem solved?  No, because this generated another bug.  The
> > > search never finds anything - it does search them all, takes a little
> > > while to do so, but doesn't find anything, ever, even if I search all
> > > 1974 messages using <complete message> for 'bug' or something common.
>
> Though when it did happen, restarting kmail is what fixed it, so I'll take
> your word for it.  I'll see if I can reproduce the problem later...
>
> > > I'd change the name of the folder to temporarily try to workaround
> > > this, however, kmail does not have a 'rename' option in the RMB for the
> > > folder, nor anywhere else that I could find.  I would really appreciate
> > > such a feature in the future.  I would suggest calling it 'properties'
> > > to a) comply with kde standards, b) allow more than just renaming (room
> > > for future expansion :) ).
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