Searching Email
Use the search feature to search a selected mailbox folder for a specific word or phrase. The basic tool searches all parts of an e-mail message (for example, To, From, Subject, Body; etc.) You can also use the tool
to search the selected mailbox with more specific search criteria.
In the box, enter a search phrase, then click . If you are looking for a name or e-mail address, enter it.
- Fred@domain1.com
- Jane Public
- Joe
If you want to search for a word or phrase, enter it.
- benefits
- quarterly earnings report
- project milestones
Multiple word entries are considered a phrase. You do not have to enclose the phrase in quotation marks. For example, the entry, "quarterly earnings report" will search for messages that contain that phrase. It will not search for messages that contain just the word "quarterly" or "earnings," or "report."
To use the Advanced Search tool:
Click
to open the advanced search options. Enter search criteria in one or more of the search options:
- Enter a sender's e-mail address, or a portion of the address, to search for messages sent from the sender.
- Enter a recipient's e-mail address, or a portion of the address, to search for messages sent to the recipient.
- Enter subject text, or a portion of the subject text, to search text in subject headers.
- Enter message body text, or a portion of the body text, to search for text or text phrases in the message body.
- y. Enter header or body text, or a portion of the header or body text, to search for a key word or text phrase in the header or body.
- . In the Date within list, select the number of days to search for a message from a date you enter next to the of text box. For example, if you select the Date within as 1 day of 06/27/2005, the search will find messages within one day before and one day after the 06/27/2005 date.
- . The Text box containing formatted date than can be modified several ways:
- Select the month, day, or year and use the up / down arrows to increment the values.
- Select the month, day, or year and type the value desired.
- . Select this option to search for messages that include an e-mail attachment.
- button. Click this button after you enter all of the message search criteria.
- button. Click this button to cancel the search.
Search Results
The Search Results list all messages that meet the search criteria. Click a message in the search results list to view the message.