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Current search is very broken. We have 2 separate interfaces for searching and viewing results; the quick search and the full search. The separation of search and search result interfaces is confusing, useless, and needs to be fixed.
Quick Search only searches the messages seen in the current message list view. It has a lack of prominence which often confuses people who cannot find all their messages because an old search is remaining. The quick search uses a strict type searching (from or subject, to, message) which needs to be changed (via the drop down) in order to search other types. However the quick search is fast and uses the normal mail UI for the results view which helps people to step through the returned results.
Full Search uses the message protocol to perform a search over all messages in the account, even messages that Thunderbird hasn't seen yet. This provides a slower yet possibly more comprehensive search.
