>The new Search does not accept (ignores) a member ID entered directly into From: and To: boxes. It's cumbersome to go through the find dialog when I know ID already.
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>I see that similar problem exists when creating a new messages. To: box does not accept ID at all w/o going through the find dialog.

This is on the list to provide something which would ease in that direction. But, because its implementation requires more design, I have to put it in pending for a while.