i   
    ml> was currently on a message to or from john smith... if i searched for   
    ml> just 'john' or just 'smith' then it worked... apparently the search   
    ml> doesn't work with spaces??   
      
   As you were already told, one has to enclose the search string in double quotes   
       
   if the string containes spaces. It is a feature and not a bug.   
      
    ml> the second thing i found that doesn't seem right is that 'F'ind only   
    ml> looks from the current message to the last message... there's no   
    ml> option to search from the first message to the last...   
      
   To search in backward direction just put a minus sign before the search string.   
       
   So it may look as -smith or -"john smith".   
      
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