Open Bug 700541 Opened 13 years ago Updated 2 years ago

Body search yields false positive for user(it looks for user that message header of mail is searched ), because message body of message/rfc822 part(==mail data stream consists of headers and payload) is searched

Categories

(MailNews Core :: Search, defect)

defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

People

(Reporter: World, Unassigned)

References

(Blocks 1 open bug)

Details

Body Search yields false positive for user, because message body of message/rfc822(==mail data stream consists of headers and payload) is searched.
Because Body Search finds string in message header lines in message body of message/rfc822(==mail data stream consists of headers and payload), it looks for user that message header of mail is searched.
This produces inconvenience in user's body search use, and, needless to say, produces unwanted/needless bug open at B.M.O.

Test case : attachment 279814 [details] which is attached to bug 395100 comment #0.

"Body search of message/rfc822 part" should be sorted out.
If possible, two options in Body Search is better for user.
(i)  Search message/rfc822 part.
     If this option, exclude header portion in data of message/rfc822 part
     from body search target, and search payload portion only.
     If nested message/rfc822, apply this option too.
(ii) Don't search message/rfc822 part.
Component: Filters → Search
QA Contact: filters → search
See Also: → 794501
See Also: → 1089325
Severity: normal → S3
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