New search in Outlook
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OK, I see now. You have to click in the search box and then notice that the background has added a Search tab to the ribbon which contains the options. Not something I would promote as New and Improved. New and Unexpected, maybe. C'est la vie
cheers Chris Maunder
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I noticed today that my Outlook now has a new searchbar. Evidently it's way better so I tried it. Still the same endless progress dots. Still the same blank results page even though I'm asking it to list emails from a single person whom I get about a billion emails a week from No option to restrict the search to "this folder" instead of "this mailbox" (which massively improves performance) So...a step backwards. I use GMail and as I type it automatically suggestions refinements based on the results it's found in between key strokes. It's truly bizarre how bad outlook search is.
cheers Chris Maunder
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I noticed today that my Outlook now has a new searchbar. Evidently it's way better so I tried it. Still the same endless progress dots. Still the same blank results page even though I'm asking it to list emails from a single person whom I get about a billion emails a week from No option to restrict the search to "this folder" instead of "this mailbox" (which massively improves performance) So...a step backwards. I use GMail and as I type it automatically suggestions refinements based on the results it's found in between key strokes. It's truly bizarre how bad outlook search is.
cheers Chris Maunder
Chris Maunder wrote:
No option to restrict the search to "this folder" instead of "this mailbox" (which massively improves performance)
Hmmm. Mine allows me to restrict it to "Current Folder" as well as other options, once the down arrow next to "Current Mailbox" is clicked
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I've tried that before - it doesn't help as she can't decide what to get rid of ... :sigh:
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My previous employer did an end run around that by banning local PST files, configuring the main serverside inbox to delete everything after a fixed period of time (6 months?), and creating a new serverside archival folder that started empty and had a relatively small cap (100mb) and then left it to employees to figure out what to save. :doh: Naturally no overhead was allowed to be charged for doing so. :rolleyes: The bitter cynics - aka everyone still there - called it the evidence destruction policy behind senior managements back because we were convinced it was being driven in a reaction to previous legal problems. (The top lobbyist for our late congressvermin turned out to be a crook and the feds decided to look at all his clients.)
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OK, I see now. You have to click in the search box and then notice that the background has added a Search tab to the ribbon which contains the options. Not something I would promote as New and Improved. New and Unexpected, maybe. C'est la vie
cheers Chris Maunder
I guess they should've added a flashy new icon to call out the change. :-\
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I just tried it, and it picked up 54 emails from you in my deleted items folder1 out of the 8,575 items in there2 pretty much immediately. Only niggle is that it won't show me which folder an item is in. Are you IMAP or POP3? This was on my desktop, so it uses POP3 and downloads all emails to here to clear the server. The other devices use IMAP and leave it on the server for this machine to pull down. I really hate 500MB inboxes on the server! :laugh: 1: Everything goes in there when it no longer needs comments, and isn't directly money related - not a slight at you or CP, I just like to keep the inbox for new and current items only. 2: About 3 months worth - I archive emails fairly regularly.
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I noticed today that my Outlook now has a new searchbar. Evidently it's way better so I tried it. Still the same endless progress dots. Still the same blank results page even though I'm asking it to list emails from a single person whom I get about a billion emails a week from No option to restrict the search to "this folder" instead of "this mailbox" (which massively improves performance) So...a step backwards. I use GMail and as I type it automatically suggestions refinements based on the results it's found in between key strokes. It's truly bizarre how bad outlook search is.
cheers Chris Maunder
I gave up a VERY long time ago on the default search in Outlook. Somewhere back around Office 2007 they hid the Advanced Search feature (removed it from the menu). I found that you still can get to it with . Haven't used anything other that that search.
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I have been using it for months and never noticed that Search tab. Thanks for pointing it out.
The "Search" ribbon only appears when I click in the search field or select a mail folder. When I leave those fields, it goes away. It would be nice if we could make the search tools option a permanent part of outlook's ribbon.
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I have been using it for months and never noticed that Search tab. Thanks for pointing it out.
I confirmed your latest message as spam when it came up in moderation a few minutes ago because the link to your app would be seen as that, even if you did not intend it that way. However, I haven't reported you as a spammer because I don't believe (based on your history) that this was a deliberate attempt. Many of our members are a lot more trigger-happy than I, though - so it's probably a good idea to not post app links, no matter how proud of your code you are ... You may find that for a short time, all your posts go to moderation - this is normal as the spam detector is designed to protect us from people who experiment with different ways to get their crap though! :laugh: Please feel free to post the message again - but without the link, this time?
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I confirmed your latest message as spam when it came up in moderation a few minutes ago because the link to your app would be seen as that, even if you did not intend it that way. However, I haven't reported you as a spammer because I don't believe (based on your history) that this was a deliberate attempt. Many of our members are a lot more trigger-happy than I, though - so it's probably a good idea to not post app links, no matter how proud of your code you are ... You may find that for a short time, all your posts go to moderation - this is normal as the spam detector is designed to protect us from people who experiment with different ways to get their crap though! :laugh: Please feel free to post the message again - but without the link, this time?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Fine. I understand. But since I no longer have the text of the reply to which you refer I think I shall just let it go.
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