374993 - Saved search dated 'today' (and/or documentation?)

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Thunderbird :: General, enhancement)

Description

[B. Switzer]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3
Build Identifier: version 1.5.0.10 (20070221)

I would like to have a saved search named 'Today' that lists all items dated, well, today. On whatever day it happens to be.

Could search have tokens that would automatically be substituted. e.g. Date is <today>?

It's wonderful that it defaults to today's date. But what about tomorrow?

I have so many accounts and folders that I lose track of what came in, what went out, and particularly, where the heck it is now. A saved search would be great to keep around.

Thanks.

Reproducible: Always

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Comment 1

[David :Bienvenu]

try age in days < 2.

Comment 2

[B. Switzer]

DOH!

<sigh> Thanks.

I guess this then points out that seeking help is somewhat 'broken'.

In the sense that having clicked on help, it feels like one is drinking from a firehose. In this case, someone to slap me upside the head, have me take a step back, think about the problem slightly differently, and realize that the functionality is already there.

I guess 'documentation' is needed - and that's up to the membership at large to contribute. When it happens, it happens.

Thanks again.

Comment 3

[David :Bienvenu]

yes, documentation, as in a "How to get the most out of saved searches", but I think it would also be nice to have a set of pre-canned saved searches that users can choose from, e.g., unread messages in folders that get incoming mail (inboxes and filter targets), messages from today, like you wanted, etc.