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Hot to make Global Search (CTRL+K) include all local sub-folders?

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bunderthird
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Hello,

when I use the Global Search function (CTRL+K), it won't search in some of my local sub-folders. I have several pop3 accounts that all store incoming mails in Local Folders. On top of that, I have some (20+) custom folders sitting in Local Folders, for archival purposes.

Running a global search will only find mails in some of these folders. When I use the search function "Advanced Features" -> "Search Messages" ("Search for messages in: Local Folders" / "Search subfolders" checked) however, it seems to properly include all sub-folders.

By the way, on another system that uses only IMAP-accounts, Global Search (CTRL+K) seems to work fine in this regard.

Some things I have already tried: - Rebuilding the Global Database - Checking each folder's settings for the "Include messages in this folder in Global Search results" (which is for IMAP only anyway?)

Many thanks for your help in advance!

Hello, when I use the Global Search function (CTRL+K), it won't search in some of my local sub-folders. I have several pop3 accounts that all store incoming mails in Local Folders. On top of that, I have some (20+) custom folders sitting in Local Folders, for archival purposes. Running a global search will only find mails in some of these folders. When I use the search function "Advanced Features" -> "Search Messages" ("Search for messages in: Local Folders" / "Search subfolders" checked) however, it seems to properly include all sub-folders. By the way, on another system that uses only IMAP-accounts, Global Search (CTRL+K) seems to work fine in this regard. Some things I have already tried: - Rebuilding the Global Database - Checking each folder's settings for the "Include messages in this folder in Global Search results" (which is for IMAP only anyway?) Many thanks for your help in advance!

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bunderthird
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Some additional information: - I have imported the sub-folders and e-mails from Windows Mail into Thunderbird using a program called MailStore. - When I create a new subfolder and move to it an e-mail from a subfolder that doesn't appear in the Global Search, then that mail will now be visible to Global Search. So a workaround to my problem would be to create most subfolders anew.

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Zenos
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Working from memory, if you right-click a subfolder that is omitted and select its Properties, is there a checkbox to "include this folder in searches"?

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bunderthird
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Thank you for your reply!

Yes, there is a checkbox called "Include messages in this folder in Global Search results". However, this is checked for all my sub-folders already.

As stated above, I found a workaround for this issue (creating each folder anew). So I guess the only interesting thing that's left about this question is that there might be an obscure(?) bug in Thunderbird, that happens when importing a large folder structure from another program (in my case, importing from Windows Mail through MailStore).