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Subject: Re: Search Case Sensitivity
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Wenlong Dai <whudwl@gmail.com> writes:

> Based on my usage and testing, it seems to me that all notmuch searches are
> case-sensitive.
> Is this true?
> Is there a way to do case-insensitive search?

Most searches (other than boolean prefixes and regex searches) are in
fact case insensitive. The definition of case is English-centric. Can
you give an example of a search that is case-sensitive that you are
expecting to be case insensitive?

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