Re: Unexpected search results

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+From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>\r
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+Subject: Re: Unexpected search results\r
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+Paul Melis <paul.melis@surfsara.nl> writes:\r
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+> Hi,\r
+>\r
+> How exactly does the search function work when it comes to things like \r
+> searching in the from or subject field? See the below queries and (lack \r
+> of) results:\r
+>\r
+> paulmlocal@sara11006:/data$ notmuch search from:dem\r
+> paulmlocal@sara11006:/data$ notmuch search from:demi\r
+> paulmlocal@sara11006:/data$ notmuch search from:demiu\r
+> paulmlocal@sara11006:/data$ notmuch search from:demiur\r
+> paulmlocal@sara11006:/data$ notmuch search from:demiurg\r
+> thread:0000000000012d53   January 18 [1/5] Demiurg HG| Paul Melis, XXXXX\r
+> thread:0000000000011b82  November 14 [3/6] Demiurg HG| Paul Melis; XXXXX\r
+>\r
+> Only the last queries returns the mails I was looking for, while \r
+> prefixes of the query don't return anything. Even stranger is that the \r
+> actual from e-mail address is demiurghg@...., so why does "from:demiurg" \r
+> match (which is also a prefix of the mail address), but all the other \r
+> don't match?\r
+\r
+I guess it has to do with the mysteries of stemming. There is some\r
+information at\r
+\r
+            http://notmuchmail.org/searching/\r
+\r
+In your case, it would probably help to try\r
+\r
+notmuch search from:"demi*"\r
+\r
+Note that the * only works at the end.\r