Smart folder seems dumb

Maybe it's me...

I've tried entering every possible variation of subject line into a smart folder in Mail, to move messages from a certain email discussion list to that folder. Nevertheless, many messages, seemingly described accurately in the smart folder's inclusion criteria, don't make it to the smart folder.

Is this a known issue?

The larger problem is that the filter for the smart folder doesn't seem to have a "reply to" criterion. Some email discussion lists are best identified by their reply-to addresses.

Am I overlooking something? Suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

Tim

533 mhz dual CPU G4 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Posted on Jul 10, 2006 1:18 PM

18 replies

Jul 11, 2006 1:00 PM in response to Timothy Miller

So Spotlight doesn't always find what you'd like it to be able to find. Fine, I already knew that. I still don't understand what exactly does disabling it accomplish. I mean, disabling it isn't going to make it work any better and is likely to cause problems in applications that depend on it (such as Mail)...

Jul 11, 2006 2:36 PM in response to David Gimeno Gost

I still don't understand what exactly does disabling it
accomplish.

You're right.

At first I blindly agreed with the other users on the Spotlight discussion group. After I reconsidered, I decided to re-enable Spotlight. I still re-index it, sometimes, on the optimistic assumption that re-indexing it will make it more accurate.

I mean, disabling it isn't going to make it
work any better and is likely to cause problems in
applications that depend on it (such as Mail)...

I didn't know that before. It is a very good reason not to disable Spotlight.

I wish the people in the Spotlight discussion area had mentioned this when they suggested I disable Spotlight. I think I'll go back and post a message about that.

Cheers,

Tim

Jul 11, 2006 12:32 PM in response to R C-R

R C-R wrote:

If lists.runrev.com is of this type, using the "From"
criterion should work just fine.

You're right of course. I'm the one who bollixed it up.

Thanks,

Tim

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