Rick Lecoat [Di, 6. Mai 2003]: >So this is what I can see a use for: a special window (summoned up from >the Window Menu, and called something like the "Whole DB Window") that >displays EVERY message in the database, regardless of where it is filed. >I could sort that window by date and make date-based selections across >the whole database very easily, or select all and run an AppleScript >through every message in my db. I'm sure that other people on this list >can see many other uses for being able to display all the messages in the >db without regard for the folder structure (much as the Recent Mail >Window does).
Exactly - it would make up for the limited search capabilities for those few times where you need it, even when it probably is very slow. Here's some more use-cases I had outlined in my earlier mail on this list (2003-02-21, "Re: How to Flag a message") suggesting the very same feature: * "Find" all messages from a certain email contact by using the "Show only" window * "Find" all messages received on a certain day (sort the browser by date and look for the date; all messages from that date will be adjacent) * "Find" all messages with the same label (e.g., "to be answered later") by sorting after Label * "Find" all mail you have exchanged with a specific person in chronological order (using "Show only" + sort by date) * "Find" all messages containing a specific term in the _subject_ only (as opposed to anywhere in the body) So, we're now at least two supporting that idea. :-) - Christian
