387505 - Using "From" in Quick search of Sent folder got the messages as using "To or Cc"

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 327600

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[lijuan wang]

Thunderbird 2.0.0.4
snv68_JDS-Nevada-69-X86

Reproduce Steps:
The IMAP Email accout is "jessie",In the main mail window do the following:
1. The current folder is "Sent",Go to the Quicksearch field in the upper-right of the thread pane
2. Select "Sender" from its dropdown menu, enter a search string as "emily"
3. Press "Enter" to start search
4. Select "To or CC" from its dropdown menu, enter a search string as "emily"
5. Press "Enter" to start search
6. Select "Sender" from its dropdown menu, enter a search string as "jessie"
7. Press "Enter" to start search

Actual result:
After step#3: 157  matches found.The sender is "jessie",not "emily", and the recipent is "emily"
After step#3: 157  matches found.The recipent is "emily"
The result after #3 is the same as #5.
After step#7: 15 matches found.The recipent is "jessie"

Expected result:
After step#3: The messages‘ sender is "emily".
After step#3: 157  matches found.The recipent is "emily"

other information:
1.The quick search works well in other folder.
2.Copy the messages of "Sent" to a new folder, the quick search works well.Repeat step#6,step7,the result is : 389 matches found.The sender is "jessie".

Comment 1

[lijuan wang]

The bug can be reproduced on trunk version 3.0a1pre (2007071003)
snv68_vermillon_69

Comment 2

[lijuan wang]

The bug exists on windows XP, thunderbird 2.0.0.4(20070604)

Comment 3

[Boying Lu]

I tried the latest trunk build (2007071114), the "Sender" was removed form quicksearch dropdown menu, is this a bug?

Comment 4

[lijuan wang]

In trunk, use "From" instead of "Sender"?

Comment 5

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Yes, Sender was changed to From on trunk.

Comment 6

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+1]]

The strange thing is that if I select "From", the listed messages don't have a sender email address which contains the query string. The query doesn't seems to get the right parameter? That's why "From" returns the same values as "To or Cc".

Comment 7

[lijuan wang]

(In reply to comment #6)
> The strange thing is that if I select "From", the listed messages don't have a
> sender email address which contains the query string. The query doesn't seems
> to get the right parameter? That's why "From" returns the same values as "To or
> Cc".

Have you configured the columns to display? 
Click the icon on top right of the listed messages, in the drop down menu, select columns to display. 
If you don't select "From" ,the sender query string won't display in the messages list.

Comment 8

[Lionel Elie Mamane]

I hit the same bug, and I do have configured the columns to display. What seems to happen is that on any folder that is the "save outgoing messages to" folder for any identity:

 - they get a special different icon in the folder tree (that's OK and not subject to this bug)
 - any quicksearch on the "sender"/"from" is executed as a quicksearch on the "To or CC".

Probably the person that coded this behaviour thought that nobody would ever search by sender in a sent mail folder; that assumption is wrong:
 - some people prefer to use the same folder for sent mail and received mail, because this allows to follow a thread completely from _one_ folder instead of two.
 - some people use multiple identities, and put the sent mail for them in the same folder. It then makes total sense to search for mail sent under a specific identity.

Comment 9

[Lionel Elie Mamane]

Attachment: Patch that should correct this bug (against 2.0.0.14)

Comment 10

[Lionel Elie Mamane]

Patched Thunderbird finished building, so I have now tested patch 329487, it works for me.

Comment 11

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Seems there is a patch in bug 387505 which is a more complete solution, if I skimmed it correctly.

Comment 12

[Lionel Elie Mamane]

(In reply to comment #11)

Magnus, you probably meant to point towards another bug, but typed the wrong number, or typed the comment in the wrong bug?

Comment 13

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Ah yes I meant bug 259914.

Comment 14

[ovidiu]

this is very probably same as bug 327600 (and leads to bug 299109 for the sent in inbox case)

Comment 15

[Phil Ringnalda (:philor)]

Comment on attachment 329487 [details] [diff] [review]
Patch that should correct this bug (against 2.0.0.14)

Does look like fixing it as part of bug 259914 is the way to go.

Comment 16

[Lionel Elie Mamane]

(In reply to comment #15)
> Does look like fixing it as part of bug 259914 is the way to go.

That has now happened, and this bug should be closed.