Deb is correct. You cannot filter by domain from the filter box in the
browser window, UNLESS there is no other name before the address.
For example -- if I am looking for all email from
Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (this is how your mail comes to the
list)
I can filter for Allen or Watson, but I CANNOT filter for mac.com
However, if Allen's mail arrived without his name, simply as
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (with or without the address duplicated in the name
field), I can filter for mac.com without a problem.
Except that most people actually use the name field in their email client to
send out their name. The exception to that being AOL people, who don't have
any way to display anything other than their email address. So it's usually
pretty easy to filter for aol.com, since the aol.com address will always
appear in lieu of a name, unless that address is already in your address
book with a real name, in which case, the name in your address book will be
displayed.
I have made this sound much more complicated that it really is, but
hopefully it makes some sense :)
Bottom line: the Filter only works on the name fields, not on the address
fields.
And I agree that it's a feature that could easily be implemented, and would
be quite useful.
-Laurie
On 5/16/01 7:43 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] showcased stellar typing and language
skills in this message:
> On 5/16/01 1:23 PM, Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> tapped:
>
>> On or near 5/16/01 12:43 PM, Deborah Shadovitz at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> observed:
>>
>>> At the top right where we can filter From, To, Subject and Category, the
>>> From does not look at domains. Such a simple thing to implement, I bet, but
>>> a killer for people who use email seriously and from so many people. Each
>>> day I NEED to find someone who wrote to me from some company but I cannot
>>> recall the person's name as I have not yet "met" the person.
>>>
>>> I know there are alternatives such as using Find, searching for From and
>>> adding each new person to my address book (and hand-entering Company) but
>>> want the filter badly.
>>>
>> You mean like filtering for all From fields containing "aol.com"? You
>
> I thought I did.
>
> In the front interface, where you see your folder list, your subject list,
> and the email preview:
>
> In the top right pop-up we can filter: From, To, Subject and Category.
> To filter From, you choose From and then enter the text. Like I can find
> your message by typing Allen or Watson. BUT... If I cannot recall your name
> and know you worked for (pretend) a company called mac and your domain was
> mac.com, I want to be able to type "mac" in there.
>
> I don't seek an interface change. Just that the text-entry field recognize a
> full URL instead of only the words before the "@" sign.
>
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