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From: Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi>
To: =?utf-8?Q?J=C3=B6rg?= Volbers <joerg@joergvolbers.de>,
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Subject: Re: notmuch search does not work with search term 'id:'
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On Fri, Aug 11 2017, J=C3=B6rg Volbers wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have problems searching for a message by its id.
>
> If I call notmuch-show, everything works fine; actually this is=20
> used by the emacs frontend:
>
> 'notmuch show --format=3Draw id:<.....>'
>
> If I try to search for this mail with notmuch-search, I get no=20
> result:
>
> notmuch search -- id:<....>
>
> Any ideas?

put search terms inside single quotes. i.e. notmuch search -- 'id:<....>'

Tomi

>
> Best,
> J=C3=B6rg
>
> --=20
> http://www.joergvolbers.de
> https://fu-berlin.academia.edu/jvolbers