thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android

Add support for full text search via IMAP

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type: enhancement
Dominant language
Kotlin
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Description

We want users to be able to search inside message bodies on the server.
This requires some changes to the way we display (remote) search results in the message list.

See comments in PR #689

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Research direction

Start by reading the comments in PR #689 and tracing how remote search results are displayed in the message list. Done means users can search inside message bodies through IMAP and the resulting server-side matches are displayed correctly in the message list.

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Assessment

Tech stack
android, kotlin
Domain
mobile, search
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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