User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040124 Build Identifier: Thunderbird 0.7 It would be a nice feature to add if spaces in the quick search box were converted to asterisks because managers like to search for "firstname lastname' and cannot seem to understand that the HR system is loading the LDAP directory with middle names and initials. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Set up an LDAP entry with a name of "John Q. Public" 2.Open the Address book and select the LDAP directory 3.Do a quick search for "John Public" Actual Results: No Entries Found because the software searched for "*John Public*" Expected Results: Found the entry for "John Q. Public" by searching for "*John*Public*"

Adding wildcards (esp. on the front of a string) has performance implications for a large LDAP directory. At most this should be configurable and turned off by default. Providing separate boxes for first and last name, and educating users about wildcards, would be better IMO.

I'm not asking that wildcards be added to the front and end of the string (they are already there). I'm asking that (even if it's just an option) spaces in the quick search string be replaced with asterisks so people will have better luck finding matches. The default quick search performed by outlook and apple mail breaks the quick search string up at the word boundaries and performs a complex search to find the entry or entries that have all the individual words in the specified attribute. If the attribute is properly indexed the wildcard search is really not that expensive.

Seamonkey bug 123788.

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So, you are equating a feature request with a bug? Or are you saying that you have no interest in fulfilling the request?

Duping this, because the functionality is Core, even tho the "Mailnews:Search" bug category is filed under "Suite." *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 123788 ***