I see your point. I'll be eager to see if a QS solution comes up. If I stumble across something I'll be sure to post it.
Cheers On Jul 16, 9:41 am, Hans Hafner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I'm a freelancer and have many clients so using the smart > mailboxes is not viable as the list is too long and it takes longer > to navigate to the mailbox than to just type the name and invoke a > search. Of course I have smart mailboxes for things that I call upon > frequently, but if I want to see wether I contacted a specific client > last and the messages then my idea of an action pasting the email > address into the search field would really speed things up. > > But I guess everyone works differently. > > Thanks and best > Hans > > On 16.07.2008, at 02:17, SideBar wrote: > > > > > > > Hans, > > > If it is someone that you frequently check you could make a Smart > > Folder in Mail. It will automatically keep updated with all > > correspondence with a contact. You could even have other filters > > automatically in place. > > > If you have other information outside of Mail as well, a smart folder > > in Finder will search everywhere. > > > Mind you, this applies to OS 10.5.x Leopard. > > > Not sure, but seems an easier and one click option than using QS. > > > Cheers > > > On Jul 9, 1:53 pm, Hans Hafner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 09.07.2008, at 15:47, Howard Melman wrote: > > >>> When you get the email address, type . to enter text mode. Then > >>> edit out the mailto: at the front and use a Spotlight command to > >>> search for that address. When editing the text you can also add > >>> "kind:mail" to narrow the search to just email. > > >> But what I'm envisioning is seeing the search results in Mail and > >> having the option of stepping through the messages to see their > >> content, date sent and everything in one go. > > >> So I think it would be faster to have the option to fill the search > >> term into the Mail search field. Perhaps I'm gonna look into an > >> Automator action that takes the clip-board, removes the mailto: and > >> tells Mail to search... > > >> Thanks and best > >> Hans > >> -------------------------------------- > >> :-: Hans Hafner > >> :-: Composer > >> :-: > >> :-:http://www.hanshafner.de > >> :-: > >> :-: aim: hanshafner > >> :-: skype: hanshafner > >> :-: ICQ: 153763727 > >> :-: > >> :-: Tel.: 030 - 4372 5171 > >> :-: Mob.: 0175 - 407 45 16 > >> :-: Fax.: 030 - 4372 5171 > >> :-: > >> :-: Guerickestr. 31 > >> :-: 10587 Berlin > > -------------------------------------- > :-: Hans Hafner > :-: Composer > :-: > :-:http://www.hanshafner.de > :-: > :-: aim: hanshafner > :-: skype: hanshafner > :-: ICQ: 153763727 > :-: > :-: Tel.: 030 - 4372 5171 > :-: Mob.: 0175 - 407 45 16 > :-: Fax.: 030 - 4372 5171 > :-: > :-: Guerickestr. 31 > :-: 10587 Berlin
