Mail search isn't working (I'm running 10.5.8). It will search Subject/From/To, but searching 'Entire message' brings no results. This is a disaster. Tried reindexing Spotlight, but that didn't work. Any ideas gratefully received!
It does sound like a Spotlight indexing problem, has it had time to finish indexing?
In the meantime, it won't be as fast searching for content, but I'd get EasyFind...
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11076
Here's a direct download link to EasyFind 4.0 which runs in 10.3.9 & up...
http://www.devon-technologies.com/files/legacy/macosx1039/EasyFind.dmg.zip
From this page,
http://www.devon-technologies.com/support/faqs.php?p=default&cat=19
Freeware applications:
* EasyFind 4.0
* PhotoStickies 5.6
* ThumbsUp 4.3
* XMenu 1.8
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/8707
Use it to search your Users/YourUserName/Library/Mail for case insensitive whatever... once you open that folder in the Finder it should be a choice to limit the search to that folder at the dropdown at the right of EasyFind.
Thanks for the tips. Yes, I waited for the indexing to finish - it took a while - but still no luck.
I have also tried Easyfind, which seems to give the results, but doesn't provide previews for emails (neither the content nor the subject header), which doesn't make it useable in this context.
Any other ideas? This appears to be a common problem - surely there is a way round this? It's a terrifying idea that my emails are unsearchable.
Thanks
In Spotlight's pref pane>Search results, is Mail checked?
If that doesn't cure it, try Spotless...
Yes, Mail checked. Perhaps it's a damaged directory - I'll give Spotless a try.
Thanks
Mail search isn't working. Help!
