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Search messages (not global search) no longer works

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davidstj
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In Ubuntu, Search messages (not global search) no longer works when using; Edit - Find - Search messages and selecting Body from the drop down then searching for an IP, sender, recipient, etc from the headers of messages in the selected folder/s fails to find anything (always did before). The search text is found in the global-messages-db.sqlite file (previously deleted and re-indexed) and Global search does (perhaps not always) find the messages but it's not as simple to see, select and move messages from there.

In Ubuntu, Search messages (not global search) no longer works when using; Edit - Find - Search messages and selecting Body from the drop down then searching for an IP, sender, recipient, etc from the headers of messages in the selected folder/s fails to find anything (always did before). The search text is found in the global-messages-db.sqlite file (previously deleted and re-indexed) and Global search does (perhaps not always) find the messages but it's not as simple to see, select and move messages from there.

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davidstj
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Further to above - done a few more tests;

The search text (for example an IP) can be found in the headers of one or more messages, but often not in the global-messages-db.sqlite file or via the global and "Edit - Find - Search messages" while other strings sometimes are found in the global-messages-db.sqlite file or via the global but not via "Edit - Find - Search messages"