https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/global-search''<p>Dru [[#question-1522005|said]]</p>'' <blockquote>How to do a "hard string" search in TB? I have asked this question several times over the years and never got a real definitive answer? </blockquote> You only other topic on this id https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1522004 <blockquote> I need to find the one email in 1000 that has ONLY these characters in only these spaces ONLY in ONLY this order. Only. </blockquote> Thunderbird tokenizer will make that extremely difficult, if not impossible, on a global search. Find Ctrl+shift+F will serve this sort of query better on a per folder basis I think. <blockquote> I do not need to see any searches that begin with these characters or end with these characters or contain these characters I ONLY want to see ONLY searches with exactly this character in this first space and only this character in the second space, etc ... The ability to all related to my "string" is fabulous (and much harder) most of the time, but sometimes, I just need to see ONLY that strict "hard string". It's a basic beginner programmer compare operation. Should be easy, How do I do that (and only that) Thanks, Dru DruPub@OneImageDru.com </blockquote> See https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/global-search