topic What is up with search? It just doesn't work right. in Discussions https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/what-is-up-with-search-it-just-doesn-t-work-right/m-p/93007#M36211 <P>I've ditched thunderbird for the commercial product em client. I don't know what happened but the latest versions of thunderbird use this "global search" that just doesn't work right.</P><P>I used to be able to go to a folder and search for any keyword that was relevant, and it would find all the emails.</P><P>But now it just doesn't. It finds some emails, mostly old ones.. and a bunch of emails I don't want.</P><P>Maybe there is some way I could have "made it work" the way I wanted but that is bad product design if people have to go out of their way to fix it.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 09 Apr 2025 23:18:29 GMT starfire 2025-04-09T23:18:29Z What is up with search? It just doesn't work right. https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/what-is-up-with-search-it-just-doesn-t-work-right/m-p/93007#M36211 <P>I've ditched thunderbird for the commercial product em client. I don't know what happened but the latest versions of thunderbird use this "global search" that just doesn't work right.</P><P>I used to be able to go to a folder and search for any keyword that was relevant, and it would find all the emails.</P><P>But now it just doesn't. It finds some emails, mostly old ones.. and a bunch of emails I don't want.</P><P>Maybe there is some way I could have "made it work" the way I wanted but that is bad product design if people have to go out of their way to fix it.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 09 Apr 2025 23:18:29 GMT https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/what-is-up-with-search-it-just-doesn-t-work-right/m-p/93007#M36211 starfire 2025-04-09T23:18:29Z Re: What is up with search? It just doesn't work right. https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/what-is-up-with-search-it-just-doesn-t-work-right/m-p/93173#M36272 <P>Hi there, in Thunderbird, there is the global search option (which searches all messages) and QuickFilter, which shows search options for just one folder (and probably child folders). See Screenshot attached...</P><P>Maybe that helps?</P> Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:22:01 GMT https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/what-is-up-with-search-it-just-doesn-t-work-right/m-p/93173#M36272 benjaminhauser 2025-04-11T08:22:01Z