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[Tornóci László <address@concealed>]

On 03/23/2013 05:09 AM, Steve Shipway wrote:
> I think you're right (both that it is not possible, and that it would be 
> useful).
>
> To do this would require adding an additional index to the database table 
> (though you could likely get away with it if your lists have small 
> memberships).  Then, you'd have to modify the program to do this sort of 
> searches which would be a bit more complex.  It might be possible to do it 
> using a very complex custom function and list-custom-action but it would be 
> very difficult and very ugly, I think.
>
> Maybe add it as a feature request...?
>
> Steve
>
> Steve Shipway
> University of Auckland ITS
> UNIX Systems Design Lead
> address@concealed
> Ph: +64 9 373 7599 ext 86487

You can search for users by name if you are in the admin menu of a list. 
So if you happen to know at least one list your user is a member of, you 
can find his/her the email address within the list, then you can search 
for the address in the admin menu of sympa too.
But it would be much better to be able to search for users by name in 
the sympa admin menu directly.

                                        Yours: Laszlo
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> [address@concealed] on behalf of Liam Kirsher 
> [address@concealed]
> Sent: Thursday, 21 March 2013 11:23 a.m.
> To: address@concealed
> Subject: [sympa-users] Search subscribers by Name?
>
> Hey,
>
> Just noticed that Sympa (6.1.17) allows you to search for subscribers by
> email, but not by name.
> That's kind of a problem, since sometimes you know the  name of the
> person, but not their email.
>
> Am I missing something?
>
> Liam
>
> --
> Liam Kirsher
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