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On 15 Jul 2000, Harry Putnam wrote:

> 2) Queries aimed at `from' or `to' fields fail, although queries to
>    `subject' field or global queries, work

I have now, finally, found the solution.  Stupid me :-/

It seems formulating fwsf queries isn't as simple as I thought it
would be...

waissearch -d ~/.wais/mail 'from=(soundex zeimetz)'

This is the magic incantation.  Okay.  So, if you choose `SOUNDEX LOCAL
TEXT BOTH' for a field, then you can do the following:

waissearch -d ~/.wais/mail 'from=(soundex zeimetz)'
    This searches for similar-sounding names.

waissearch -d ~/.wais/mail 'from=zeimetz'
    This applies the normal term-search routines.

Does it now work for you use fmt specs like the following:

region: /^([tT][oO]|[cC][cC]):/ /^([tT][oO]|[cC][cC]): */
        to "To and Cc headers" SOUNDEX LOCAL TEXT BOTH
end: /^[^ \t]/                          

This way, you should be able to find names by saying `to=(soundex
NAME)' in the query.

kai
-- 
I like BOTH kinds of music.