Mail Search Doesn't Look Beyond Subject Line??

**mwg3c** · 06-18-2009, 05:57 PM

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Apparently the mail search function doesn't search within the body of emails? Am I reading that correctly? Can anyone verify this? I'm hoping that only applies to "server" searches and not emails that are already saved on the phone...

**rgar3388** · 06-18-2009, 06:11 PM

That is correct...the search function does not search within the body of emails.

**buirus** · 06-18-2009, 06:21 PM

WOW that is extremely disappointing. Is there any technical reason it cant search within the body? If there are not technical barriers, what is the logic is this?

**mwg3c** · 06-18-2009, 06:28 PM

Originally Posted by rgar3388

That is correct...the search function does not search within the body of emails.

Even on emails that are already saved on your phone?? If so, that's ridiculous.

**Snowman81** · 06-18-2009, 06:28 PM

Originally Posted by rgar3388

That is correct...the search function does not search within the body of emails.

Thats just stupid, makes it almost a waste of time.....I hope Apple will update that in the next firmware update.

**rgar3388** · 06-18-2009, 07:23 PM

I'm sure they will update this, apple has their reasons, but I don't see a reason why not to include it. Maybe a stability issue, that's pretty much always the reason, that and battery life. Remail, an app in the app store can do this.

**Leanna Lofte** · 06-18-2009, 09:00 PM

If you use the main spotlight search, then it will search the body of emails. It's weird that the mail search doesn't.

**iphone_aggie** · 06-18-2009, 09:21 PM

Originally Posted by llofte

If you use the main spotlight search, then it will search the body of emails. It's weird that the mail search doesn't.

I don't think that's true, at least for Yahoo Mail. My spotlight only gets to the subject level. I tried a bunch of times on various words that I know are in the body of the email.

**Leanna Lofte** · 06-18-2009, 09:32 PM

You're totally right. I must've been smoking crack or something when I thought I saw a search term show up in the body of the email... it was the subject line.

Wow... sorry.

**OmariJames** · 06-18-2009, 09:38 PM

Wow. thats pretty stupid. I was impressed with Safari 4 content history search ...

**iphone_aggie** · 06-18-2009, 09:39 PM

I wished you were tight though! Ugh, why didn't they give that as an option? Who wants to search email for what they gave us? Usually, I'm looking for an email that had something in the body. At least we can search in the subject, but most of the time that limits you.

**richard3714** · 09-27-2009, 12:12 PM

Run, don't walk, to down load an app called ARISTOTLE. It lets you search the full text of your email on your exchange server at the office. It is not an IMAP product, so don't try it on gmail.

It works great and its FREE.