I hit the same problem today on 12.04 and was able to correct it in the same way as John.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evolution in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/746663 Title: search messages function doesn't work properly Status in “evolution” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: evolution The search function doesn't find the text of messages properly. Even if I do copy the text from the body of the message and paste it in the search field, evolution is not able to find. I am using Evolution 2.32.2 and Ubuntu Natty, both up to date. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/746663/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

