I didn't know about the braces as an alternative for an ORed list. Is there an alternative for AND as well?
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 3:32 AM, Zack (Doc) <[email protected]> wrote: > Since we're all users like yourself, we can't discern Google's intentions, > but I would say it's case-sensitive so you can search for messages that > contain the word "or" by not capitalizing it. As an alternative, you can > "OR" searches together by using the braces instead of parentheses... so > like this: > from:{friendA friendB friendC} > > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 12:57 AM, electronicsguy > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hello, >> I absolutely love the search within gmail and using it as part of >> creating filters. However, I am running into an inconvenience. sometimes, I >> give a long search string consisting of multiple friend's emails as part of >> the search or creating a filter. for example: >> >> from:( friendA OR friendB OR friendC OR friendD) >> >> and so on. >> >> now the problem is that the operators like "OR" are case sensitive. I >> know it is describe here: >> https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7190?hl=en >> >> However, its a requirement thats not required. If I type "Or" or "or" by >> mistake even once, the entire search shows up empty. >> >> the operands on either side are not-case-sensitive. For example, I could >> easily write "FrIeNdA OR friENDB" and it searches just fine, >> >> Could you please explain why the case sensitive operators are required? >> Or at the least, some script should auto-correct the case and convert it >> into "OR". >> >> >> that would make it much more user friendly. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Gmail-Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
