believe it or not, it didn't search the name earlier when i tried it. but it did work just now. argh! i hate when computers do that.. :/
ok, thanks for giving me reason to try it again. :) pete begin: Matt Roper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote > I believe you want to look at the simple_search option in .muttrc. The > default value is "~f %s | ~s %s" which tells mutt to search the from: > line and the subject: line. Unless you've already changed the > simple_search value, you should already be able to search by > the from: name. > > > Matt > > On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 09:52:47AM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 09:52:47 -0700 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [vox-tech] mutt question > > User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.22i > > From: Peter Jay Salzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > hi all (and henry ;) ) > > > > > > when i use the / key from the message index, it searches for a string within > > the subject field of an email. > > > > very often, i want to search for emails by a person's name. > > > > how do i perform searches on the from field of an email? > > > > pete > > > > -- > > "You may not use the Software in connection with any site that disparages > > Microsoft, MSN, MSNBC, Expedia, or their products or services ..." > > -- Clause from license for FrontPage 2002 > > -- > > ********************************** > * Matt Roper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * > * http://www.mattrope.com * > ********************************** -- "You may not use the Software in connection with any site that disparages Microsoft, MSN, MSNBC, Expedia, or their products or services ..." -- Clause from license for FrontPage 2002
