Term or phrase fields can contain arbitrarily complex queries made up
from terms, operators, and modifiers, but not other fields.
+Range fields take one or two arguments specifying lower and upper
+bounds. One argument is interpreted as identical upper and lower
+bounds. Either upper or lower bound may be specified as ``""`` or
+``*`` to specify the lowest possible lower bound or highest possible
+upper bound.
+
+``lastmod`` ranges support negative arguments, interpreted relative to
+the most recent database revision (see :option:`count --lastmod`).
+
.. _field-table:
.. table:: Fields with supported modifiers
``(not Bob Marley)``
- Match messages containing neither "Bob" nor "Marley", nor their stems,
+ Match messages containing neither "Bob" nor "Marley", nor their stems.
``"quick fox"`` ``quick-fox`` ``quick@fox``
``(folder (of (id 1234@invalid)))``
- Match any message in the same folder as the one with Message-Id "1234\@invalid"
+ Match any message in the same folder as the one with Message-Id "1234\@invalid".
``(id 1234@invalid blah@test)``
- Matches Message-Id "1234\@invalid" *or* Message-Id "blah\@test"
+ Matches Message-Id "1234\@invalid" *or* Message-Id "blah\@test".
``(and (infix "date:2009-11-18..2009-11-18") (tag unread))``
Match messages in the given date range with tag unread.
+``(and (date 2009-11-18 2009-11-18) (tag unread))``
+
+ Match messages in the given date range with tag unread.
+
+``(and (date 2009-11-18 *) (tag unread))``
+
+ Match messages from 2009-11-18 or later with tag unread.
+
+``(and (date * 2009-11-18) (tag unread))``
+
+ Match messages from 2009-11-18 or earlier with tag unread.
+
``(starts-with prelim)``
Match any words starting with "prelim".
``(thread (of (id 1234@invalid)))``
- Match any message in the same thread as the one with Message-Id "1234\@invalid"
+ Match any message in the same thread as the one with Message-Id "1234\@invalid".
``(thread (matching (from bob@example.com) (to bob@example.com)))``
Match any (messages in) a thread containing a message from
- "bob\@example.com" and a (possibly distinct) message to "bob at
- example.com")
+ "bob\@example.com" and a (possibly distinct) message to
+ "bob\@example.com".
``(to (or bob@example.com mallory@example.org))`` ``(or (to bob@example.com) (to mallory@example.org))``
``(List *)``
Match messages with a non-empty List-Id header, assuming
- configuration ``index.header.List=List-Id``
+ configuration ``index.header.List=List-Id``.
.. _macro_examples: