[MlMt] Search for `X-delivered-To` addresses

leo mailmate at halloleo.hailmail.net
Fri Jun 12 01:48:15 EDT 2020


Thanks Bill

Really appreciate you chiming in.

Will try the Advanced GUI.

Would be nice though if it could be achieved with the search syntax...

Cheers,
Leo

On Fri, 12 Jun 2020, at 4:03 AM, Bill Cole wrote:
> On 11 Jun 2020, at 3:33, leo wrote:
> 
> > Hi there
> >
> > Anybody any idea how to search for `X-delivered-To` addresses?
> >
> > _Background:_ These days many bulk emails are not send with all 
> > recipients in the _To_ or _Cc_ field. This is principielly a good 
> > development, but it means that it is harder to search for the real 
> > recipient’s address (which then is only in the `X-delivered-To` 
> > field).
> >
> > I tried
> >
> >     a [email at address]
> >
> > but it does _not_ find emails where `email at address` is only in the 
> > `X-delivered-T` field.
> 
> In theory, this should work in the search box:
> 
>     X-delivered-To:user at example.com
> 
> But, it seems not to work. If you put that in and click the 'Details' 
> button it shows you what looks like the right search, but it finds 
> nothing...
> 
> However, from the advanced search interface you can select any header 
> you like to search by using the "Other..." ityem at the bottom of the 
> header pull-down menu.
> 
> -- 
> Bill Cole
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