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Global Search not working

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I found the setting for Global Search and turned it on. I'd like to be able to search all folders (imap and my many local folders). No matter what I put in I get zero results. Is there a time period I need to wait for it to build an index? I found an older thread about this on this forum where someone was told to add a folder to the inclusion list for global search. I have tons of folders, if this is the issue, do I really have to do this for every single folder, one by one, including even my inbox?! thanks

I found the setting for Global Search and turned it on. I'd like to be able to search all folders (imap and my many local folders). No matter what I put in I get zero results. Is there a time period I need to wait for it to build an index? I found an older thread about this on this forum where someone was told to add a folder to the inclusion list for global search. I have tons of folders, if this is the issue, do I really have to do this for every single folder, one by one, including even my inbox?! thanks

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re :I found the setting for Global Search and turned it on.

Just in case anyone else sees this question and wants to know how you did it....

  • Settings > General
  • Scroll to bottom section called 'Indexing'
  • select checkbox 'Enable Global Search and Indexer'

Suggest a restart of Thunderbird to make sure this preference has been correctly saved.

To check a folder is selected for Global Search:

  • Right click on folder and select 'Properties'
  • On 'General Information' tab
  • select checkbox 'Include messages in this folder in Global Search results'

Usually, by default, all folders except Trash and Junk/Spam are auto selected.

Help Articles on how to use the 'Global Search' and repair global database file:

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re :I found the setting for Global Search and turned it on.

Just in case anyone else sees this question and wants to know how you did it....

  • Settings > General
  • Scroll to bottom section called 'Indexing'
  • select checkbox 'Enable Global Search and Indexer'

Suggest a restart of Thunderbird to make sure this preference has been correctly saved.

To check a folder is selected for Global Search:

  • Right click on folder and select 'Properties'
  • On 'General Information' tab
  • select checkbox 'Include messages in this folder in Global Search results'

Usually, by default, all folders except Trash and Junk/Spam are auto selected.

Help Articles on how to use the 'Global Search' and repair global database file:

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Thanks, that was selected but a restart fixed it. Working nice now. In case you're able to do anything about it, I have a complaint about the email notifications. Two actually!

1. I detest this modern way of only giving me two options to click and get BACK to the thread! I either have to mark it as solved, or click that it doesn't help me. When often neither is the case!

2. When I do click the "solved" button, i get a 404 (405 actually) error and the page wont load, yet if I click the "this didn't help me" link, it opens fine!

Maybe I'm just old, but whatever happened to just a good old fashioned LINK to the damn thread?! :D Thanks for your help

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