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Thunderbird Search for Starred messages

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How can I search ALL my accounts and ALL their multiple folders for Starred messages in one search?

How can I search ALL my accounts and ALL their multiple folders for Starred messages in one search?

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Jonathon said

This only works on one mail account at a time, not searching all accounts.

Create a virtual folder over multiple accounts as follows:

  • run the search on one account
  • click Save as Search Folder
  • fill in a Name and location
  • click Choose...
  • select the folders to be searched and close that dialog
  • click Create
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Per account it really the best I can suggest The example uses the local folders account Ctrl+Shift+F

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Thanks for the suggestion. This only works on one mail account at a time, not searching all accounts. I tried Local and Server options. Perhaps a feature for the future?

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Jonathon said

This only works on one mail account at a time, not searching all accounts.

Create a virtual folder over multiple accounts as follows:

  • run the search on one account
  • click Save as Search Folder
  • fill in a Name and location
  • click Choose...
  • select the folders to be searched and close that dialog
  • click Create

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Thanks Wayne. Much appreciated workaround. Still think it would be a good feature if there was a simple 'All Accounts' or 'All Folders' You method has the advantage of being able to not include folders such as Deleted, Junk and Archive,

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