Search with NEAR operator in Email-Index

Question

Hello,
I have a question about searching the index:
I've created an index that includes some emails.
I've noticed that I can't search the index using the NEAR operator.
It looks like this, or rather, this is the example I've observed:

Email address in the index: “first.second@gmail.com”

Searching for “first” = email is found (works),
Searching for “second” = email is found (works),
Searching for “first” NEAR “second” = email is not found (doesn't work).

Am I doing something wrong, or is this search simply not possible?

Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

The NEAR operator does work in index searches but remember that by default the search terms must match at the start of the search word.

first.second@gmail.com

will be indexed as a single term. 'first' will match properly but 'second' is not searchable unless you put a '*' in front of it.

I assume your 'second' search worked because it was found somewhere else within the text.