search folder criteria wildcard

[Guest]

I was trying to use search folders to organize my messages by Domain names
(DomainName.com). The logic was to organize my emails by clients.

However, I tried to search on the DomainName in the FROM field
([email protected]). It seems search folders does not recognize the
prefix @ and suffix . as sufficient to deliniate a word. Thus I got no
results back.

Really would like to have the use of the usual ? (single character) wildcard
and * for multiple character. or the ability to search on domain names
(between the @ and .com in a email address.



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[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

How did you set you set up the search? If you enter a partial name (no
wildcard characters) in the From field on the General tab it should work -
entering micro will find mail from Microsoft, microcomputer etc. The From
field entered on the Advanced tab uses the display name, not the address.


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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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