Mail recipient name not appearing in search

[bob2015]

When I enter:

 

chrisg

 

into Spotlight, I get several hits for OS X Mail messages with that text as in the 'to' field, but when I enter:

 

'chrisg

 

(i.e., hit spacebar, then type chrisg)

 

... into Alfred, I get no hits.

 

I have been using Alfred for years with great results and using the default prefs. When the problem started happening a while back, I believe I added a few criteria (e.g., AppleScripts) to Extras -- all Essentials and Extras are checked, and Include folders in home is checked. I haven't removed any search criteria. I believe I've been having problems finding text in other app docs, but can't pull up any examples currently.

 

OS X 10.9.5 Alfred v.2.6 (374)

 

I'm wondering if an index file needs to be rebuilt, or it could be my fault for not using Alfred properly. thanks 

[Vero]

When I enter:

 

chrisg

 

into Spotlight, I get several hits for OS X Mail messages with that text as in the 'to' field, but when I enter:

 

'chrisg

 

(i.e., hit spacebar, then type chrisg)

 

... into Alfred, I get no hits.

 

I have been using Alfred for years with great results and using the default prefs. When the problem started happening a while back, I believe I added a few criteria (e.g., AppleScripts) to Extras -- all Essentials and Extras are checked, and Include folders in home is checked. I haven't removed any search criteria. I believe I've been having problems finding text in other app docs, but can't pull up any examples currently.

 

OS X 10.9.5 Alfred v.2.6 (374)

 

I'm wondering if an index file needs to be rebuilt, or it could be my fault for not using Alfred properly. thanks 

 

I've created a workflow search for emails in various ways in Mail.app:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5818788/Alfred/Mail.app%20Search.alfredworkflow

 

Once you've imported the workflow, the keywords are:

- "emfrom" to search by sender and sender email address

- "em" to search by subject line and email content

- "emsubj" to search only by subject line

 

Let me know if this helps you out - and do note that workflows require the Powerpack

 

Cheers,

Vero