Notmuch search missing mail id

[James Vasile]

Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila at iki.fi> writes:
> On Mon, Oct 29 2012, James Vasile <james at hackervisions.org> wrote:
>
>> I received the attached piece of spam telling me about an exciting
>> investment opportunity.  Notmuch pulled it in to the database, noting
>> the message id.  But then it seems to stop paying attention to the
>> message id.
>>
>> notmuch can find the mail when I search by the from field:
>>
>> $ notmuch search "from:caroline horn"
>> thread:000000000000bcb7  Today 09:29 [1/1] Caroline Horn; This Company is on the rise (hv inbox unread)
>>
>> But not by the message id:
>> $ notmuch search id:000801cdb5da$17673470$26448589 at microsof000000t4ko3r
>> $
>
> Try 
>
> $ notmuch search id:'000801cdb5da$17673470$26448589 at microsof000000t4ko3r'
>
> so that the $....s are not expanded...
>
> note that id:"..." does not suffice as shell expands $ & ` inside double
> quotes.

Tomi, that's a good catch and one I should have noticed.  Thanks much
for the help!
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