Re: Message Finder: searching for '([^/]++.|)' and simple '++' fails without using regexp

2004-03-03 Thread dAniel hAhler
Hello bats,

on Thu, 26. Feb 2004 at 00:53:16 +0100 I wrote:

> I want to search with the Message Finder for mails containing
> "([^/]++.|)" (without ") in the body, but this is not possible without
> using regular expressions and escaping nearly every character.
[snip]

no comments?


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Message Finder: searching for '([^/]++.|)' and simple '++' fails without using regexp

2004-02-25 Thread dAniel hAhler
Hello TBUDL,

I want to search with the Message Finder for mails containing
"([^/]++.|)" (without ") in the body, but this is not possible without
using regular expressions and escaping nearly every character.
I then get 38 results, which appears to be right.

With plain "([^/]++.|)" I get 1858 results (the same as with
"([^/]++.\|)") [both without "].

Enclosing the searchstring in "'" ('([^/]++.|)') gives 13 results,
where only the last one had the searchstring in there, the other had
even no '++'.

Enclosing in '"' ("([^/]++.|)") gives 322 results.

Escaping the IMHO only special char '|' with itself (tried with '\'
before) gives 0 results.

Though the help says nothing about escaping '|', '&' and '~' in the
"search for" field there should be something for this.

Glad that RegExp works, but there really has to be a simplier way
for this as most users don't care about regular expressions and won't
be able to search for special characters.

..just tried a search for '++' (without ') and 471 messages showed up,
where the majority had no '++' in them.

All was searching in body only, with no advanced settings ('Search for
whole words only' did not help either).

Bugs? Misunderstanding?


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