This article refers to Barracuda Message Archiver Legacy Release firmware or higher.
Table 1. Indexing Punctuation Rules.
Indexed Punctuation | Description | Example |
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Apostrophes | If a word ends in an apostrophe ('), the searchable term is saved without that character. That is, the index adds a word [john's] as [john]. | [johns] is indexed as [johns] [john's] is indexed as [john] [john'sssss] is indexed as [johnsssss] |
Other Punctuation | The indexer removes these items from terms. | [johns] is indexed as [johns] |
Apostrophes and Punctuation in Entire Message Searches, Unquoted | In this instance, the 's is removed from possessive terms. However, apostrophes elsewhere are turned into whitespace. | Entire Message: [johns] matches [johns] |
Apostrophes and Punctuation in Entire Message Searches, Quoted | Sent directly to the index unmodified, index merges them together. | Entire Message: ["johns"] matches [johns] |
Apostrophes in all Other Searches, Quoted or Unquoted | All apostrophes are turned into whitespace. This is unlike Entire Message, which will, in code, before the index, remove the possessive s. | Subject: [johns] matches [johns] |