Re: Using a contacts Email as a search in Mail

I see your point.
I'll be eager to see if a QS solution comes up.  If I stumble across
something I'll be sure to post it.

Cheers

On Jul 16, 9:41 am, Hans Hafner 
<hanshaf...-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well, I'm a freelancer and have many clients so using the smart  
> mailboxes is not viable as the list is too long and it takes longer  
> to navigate to the mailbox than to just type the name and invoke a  
> search. Of course I have smart mailboxes for things that I call upon  
> frequently, but if I want to see wether I contacted a specific client  
> last and the messages then my idea of an action pasting the email  
> address into the search field would really speed things up.
>
> But I guess everyone works differently.
>
> Thanks and best
> Hans
>
> On 16.07.2008, at 02:17, SideBar wrote:
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> > Hans,
>
> > If it is someone that you frequently check you could make a Smart
> > Folder in Mail.  It will automatically keep updated with all
> > correspondence with a contact.  You could even have other filters
> > automatically in place.
>
> > If you have other information outside of Mail as well, a smart folder
> > in Finder will search everywhere.
>
> > Mind you, this applies to OS 10.5.x Leopard.
>
> > Not sure, but seems an easier and one click option than using QS.
>
> > Cheers
>
> > On Jul 9, 1:53 pm, Hans Hafner 
> > <hanshaf...-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> On 09.07.2008, at 15:47, Howard Melman wrote:
>
> >>> When you get the email address, type . to enter text mode. Then
> >>> edit out the mailto: at the front and use a Spotlight command to
> >>> search for that address.  When editing the text you can also add
> >>> "kind:mail" to narrow the search to just email.
>
> >> But what I'm envisioning is seeing the search results in Mail and
> >> having the option of stepping through the messages to see their
> >> content, date sent and everything in one go.
>
> >> So I think it would be faster to have the option to fill the search
> >> term into the Mail search field. Perhaps I'm gonna look into an
> >> Automator action that takes the clip-board, removes the mailto: and
> >> tells Mail to search...
>
> >> Thanks and best
> >> Hans
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> --------------------------------------
> :-: Hans Hafner
> :-: Composer
> :-:
> :-:http://www.hanshafner.de
> :-:
> :-: aim: hanshafner
> :-: skype: hanshafner
> :-: ICQ: 153763727
> :-:
> :-: Tel.:       030 - 4372 5171
> :-: Mob.:       0175 - 407 45 16
> :-: Fax.:       030 - 4372 5171
> :-:
> :-: Guerickestr. 31
> :-: 10587 Berlin