Open Bug 1150167 Opened 9 years ago Updated 2 years ago

RFE: Add support for negative terms in global search

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Search, enhancement)

Product:
Thunderbird
Component:
Search
Version:
31 Branch
Platform:
x86
Windows 7
Type:
enhancement

Tracking

(Not tracked)

People

(Reporter: bugzilla-mozilla, Unassigned)

Details

The global search feature has no support for negating/excluding specific terms. 

In this instance, I'm searching for the phrase "verizon wireless" to locate some billing statements and the first three pages of results are emails with some dingbat's default "Sent from my Verizon Wireless smartphone" signature. Attempts to remove those messages with additional terms like "-smartphone" or "NOT smartphone" produce the opposite result: only those messages are shown.

Since exclusion or negation isn't mentioned anywhere in the documentation at <https://web.archive.org/web/20150401170043/https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/global-search> I presume the feature doesn't exist.
Severity: normal → enhancement
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Severity: normal → S3
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