Windows Mail Complaint #1

[I. M. Curious]

If Mail is supposed t be an improvement on OE, then for Microsoft the word
regression must by a synonym with improvement


1) The Find Message menu option does not work consistently
No known reason for it's inability to search either through old
emails or save newsgroups posts has been found
For example, I was looking for other instances of SPAM that were
similar to the one currently read in my Inbox
I had at least 6 know instances of it stored in aother list for
reference

2) The search process is as slow as mollasses when it's allegedly
searching.

3) After you start a search, it's not always possible to go back and stop
the search
The pointer is visible everywhere else BUT on the search window

4) Unlike OE, it's not possible to search just by specifying the group
file to search
This is usefull when you are in a different group and want to
quickly find something in Outbox (for example) to fix a post that is
awaiting transmission, without leaving the group you are currently readng

 

[Steve Cochran]

Are you using Edit | Find message? It has the same features as OE,
including specifying a group.

steve

 

[I. M. Curious]

Do you know of any other Find function withing Mail ?

And NO, it does NOT work like OE
I listed some of the issues below

I can also add
5) If he find function fails to find the first time around, changing the
parameters apparently is only a cosmetic change
It will continue to not find anything
You need to close the find window and open a new one with new
parameters to have a shot at finding something