* nnir imap search does not work as expected
@ 2017-03-10 23:50 Arkady Grudzinsky
2017-03-11 0:16 ` Eric Abrahamsen
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From: Arkady Grudzinsky @ 2017-03-10 23:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
Hi, everyone,
I'm using Gnus to access my Gmail account via nnimap.
When I search a group using 'GG' and type query
,----
| FROM "author@domain.com"
`----
The search produces emails containing "author@domain.com" and not
necessarily in the "From:" header.
Same happens with search
,----
| SUBJECT "keyword"
`----
I get a list of emails with "keyword" anywhere in the message.
Same happens with query
,----
| +from:example@example.com
`----
which is supposed to produce "messages with example@example.com
in the From: header" as mentioned in
http://sachachua.com/blog/2008/05/emacs-gnus-searching-mail/
Is this expected behavior? What am I missing?
--
Arkady
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* Re: nnir imap search does not work as expected
2017-03-10 23:50 nnir imap search does not work as expected Arkady Grudzinsky
@ 2017-03-11 0:16 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2017-03-12 20:36 ` Arkady Grudzinsky
0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Eric Abrahamsen @ 2017-03-11 0:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
Arkady Grudzinsky <agrudzinsky@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi, everyone,
>
> I'm using Gnus to access my Gmail account via nnimap.
>
> When I search a group using 'GG' and type query
>
> ,----
> | FROM "author@domain.com"
> `----
>
> The search produces emails containing "author@domain.com" and not
> necessarily in the "From:" header.
Imap search is pretty weird -- it wants you to specify the search key
ahead of time. If you just use GG and then type a string, it will search
all headers and the body. You can use a C-u prefix to GG to select which
key to search on (including "imap" to write the queries yourself), or
set nnir-imap-default-search-key to a different key (again, including
"imap").
Kind of weird.
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* Re: nnir imap search does not work as expected
2017-03-11 0:16 ` Eric Abrahamsen
@ 2017-03-12 20:36 ` Arkady Grudzinsky
2017-03-12 21:06 ` Arkady Grudzinsky
0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Arkady Grudzinsky @ 2017-03-12 20:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
On Fri, Mar 10 2017, Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
[...]
> Imap search is pretty weird -- it wants you to specify the
> search key ahead of time. If you just use GG and then type a
> string, it will search all headers and the body. You can use a
> C-u prefix to GG to select which key to search on (including
> "imap" to write the queries yourself), or set
> nnir-imap-default-search-key to a different key (again,
> including "imap").
Thanks. How can I specify the prefix? Everything I type after
C-u seems to be interpreted as a command rather than a search
key.
And where is imap nnir search documented?
Of course, I can do GG author@domain.com and then /-a
author@domain.com, but typing the search twice does not seem
optimal to me.
--
Arkady
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* Re: nnir imap search does not work as expected
2017-03-12 20:36 ` Arkady Grudzinsky
@ 2017-03-12 21:06 ` Arkady Grudzinsky
2017-03-12 21:20 ` Eric Abrahamsen
0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Arkady Grudzinsky @ 2017-03-12 21:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
On Sun, Mar 12 2017, Arkady Grudzinsky wrote:
[...]
> Thanks. How can I specify the prefix? Everything I type after
> C-u seems to be interpreted as a command rather than a search
> key.
OK. Figured that out. I need to type C-u GG, type the search
string, and THEN it asks me for the search key.
--
Arkady
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* Re: nnir imap search does not work as expected
2017-03-12 21:06 ` Arkady Grudzinsky
@ 2017-03-12 21:20 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2017-03-13 2:15 ` Bob Newell
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From: Eric Abrahamsen @ 2017-03-12 21:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
Arkady Grudzinsky <agrudzinsky@gmail.com> writes:
> On Sun, Mar 12 2017, Arkady Grudzinsky wrote:
>
>
> [...]
>
>> Thanks. How can I specify the prefix? Everything I type after
>> C-u seems to be interpreted as a command rather than a search
>> key.
>
> OK. Figured that out. I need to type C-u GG, type the search
> string, and THEN it asks me for the search key.
Yup, like I said, the whole thing is a little awkward :)
It's documented in the Gnus manual: 8.1.3.2 The imap Engine
Eric
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* Re: nnir imap search does not work as expected
2017-03-12 21:20 ` Eric Abrahamsen
@ 2017-03-13 2:15 ` Bob Newell
2017-03-13 20:21 ` Arkady Grudzinsky
0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Bob Newell @ 2017-03-13 2:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
There is another way to do this which is straightforward and allows you
to use Google search syntax, which I got from the wiki
(https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/GnusGmail)
It has been working for me. It lets you do searches with size:, before:,
after:, from:, to: etc. Booleans work too (just remember that Google
doesn't use "and").
(add-to-list 'nnir-imap-search-arguments '("gmail" . "X-GM-RAW"))
(setq nnir-imap-default-search-key "gmail")
--
Bob Newell
Honolulu, Hawai`i
* Via Gnus/BBDB/Org/Emacs/Linux *
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* Re: nnir imap search does not work as expected
2017-03-13 2:15 ` Bob Newell
@ 2017-03-13 20:21 ` Arkady Grudzinsky
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From: Arkady Grudzinsky @ 2017-03-13 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
On Sun, Mar 12 2017, Bob Newell wrote:
> There is another way to do this which is straightforward and allows you
> to use Google search syntax, which I got from the wiki
> (https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/GnusGmail)
>
> It has been working for me. It lets you do searches with size:, before:,
> after:, from:, to: etc. Booleans work too (just remember that Google
> doesn't use "and").
>
> (add-to-list 'nnir-imap-search-arguments '("gmail" . "X-GM-RAW"))
> (setq nnir-imap-default-search-key "gmail")
Yes!! This is much better. Search by rfc822msgid: also works.
Thanks!
--
Arkady
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