>>2) I repeated this action and now I get a proper alpha list of Mike Cole. However, I did specify "=" Mike and "=" Cole but he just appeared in the alpha list, not as the selected member. But that's OK.
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>Can you elaborate more on this? I am not sure what you mean in the "...as the selected member".

OK. I want to send a message directly to, say, Mike Cole. On creating the thread, in the "To" section I click on the member search spyglass.
In "Firstname" box (with the combho set o "=") I type "Mike"
In "last name" box (with the combho set o "=") I type "Cole" and hit ENTER

Now, as I've specified I want to send this message to "Mike Cole", that's whom I expect to find as my target.
But I get a whole list of ALL the Cole and Colemans, with Mike Coles entry somewhere down the list (granted, in alpha order) and I need then to select this.

So it's exactly as if I've just done a member search on "Cole" only, with the combo set to "IN"

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>>Isn't that the same as 1) above?
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>There is no relation with point 1 in regards to this one.