[kdepim-users] Is it possible to search multiple IMAP folders in a single search?

[Ingo Klöcker]

On Thursday 20 March 2008, Kris Kersten wrote:
> On Thursday 20 March 2008 04:31:20 pm Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> > On Thursday 20 March 2008, Kris Kersten wrote:
> > > I recently moved all my mail, calendars, todos, etc. from
> > > Evolution to Kontact since I spend most of my time in KDE and
> > > enjoy Kontact's integration.  The transition has been entirely
> > > painless except for a single point.  I haven't been able to find
> > > a way to create a search that spans multiple IMAP folders. For
> > > example, I have five IMAP accounts and I'd like to create a "Sent
> > > Items" search folder that matches all messages in all of my five
> > > IMAP sent mail folders. Similarly, it might be convenient to
> > > create a search folder that catalogues the IMAP inboxes of all
> > > five accounts.  So far I haven't been able to figure out a way to
> > > do this.  In creating a search folder via Edit -> Find Messages,
> > > it seems that it's only possible to search either "All local
> > > folders" or a single user-specified folder, be it local or IMAP. 
> > > Am I missing something, or is there no way to search across
> > > multiple IMAP folders?
> >
> > It is not possible to search across multiple IMAP folders. Sorry.
>
> Thanks for the reply Ingo.  That's what I was afraid of.  After doing
> a bit of research on the status of KMail's search functionality, I
> uncovered a wishlist entry on bugs.kde.org (Bug 5694) that
> specifically requests the ability to search an arbitrary subset of
> mail folders.  Does anyone know if this is in the works?  I sort of
> doubt it as the original report dates back to June of 2000.  Without
> this feature I may have to go back to Evolution. It's a bit
> frustrating since KMail/Kontact is superior in almost every other
> aspect.

Once KMail has been ported to the new back-end Akonadi this 
functionality will most likely be added. But that will not happen 
before KDE 4.2 (i.e. start of 2009).


Regards,
Ingo
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