From: jasonnaylor <freezingkiwis@...>
Date: 2008-04-16T12:50:19+09:00
Subject: net/imap - imap.search "TO" can't find email

I'm having trouble with the "search" feature of Net::IMAP.  I'm
attempting to search for a message "TO" a particular recipient.

The email recipient is something like:

080416w_test@this.dom.ain

A search function of:

imap.search(["TO", "080416w_test@this.dom.ain"])

... simply returns nothing.  By removing the mailbox details and only
searching for the domain:

imap.search(["TO", "@this.dom.ain"])

... I return results.  In fact, I can build the "TO" string as long
as:

imap.search(["TO", "_test@this.dom.ain"])

... and results are returned.

What don't I understand?  Is it my limited knowledge of Ruby, or the
imap.search I'm not understanding???

Note: Here's the fetch "ENVELOPE" of the mail I'm after:

irb(main):073:0* imap.fetch(1179, "ENVELOPE")
<... snip...>
, to=[#<struct Net::IMAP::Address name="080416w_test@this.dom.ain",
route=nil, mailbox="080416w_test", host="this.dom.ain">]
<... snip...>