It is hard to search for a single mail from a batch of hundreds of thousandsof mails, but the Google's search algorithms can help you do it so instantly.
Within you Gmail account, select your folder from which you intend to searcha mail, e.g. Inbox, Sent mail, Drafts, Spam, etc.
Your Gmail search field is located at the top on the right of the logo. Withthis field you can search both email messages in your Gmail account and theweb.
Just fill in any detail you know about the email you intend to search - itcould be a title of the mail, recipient's name or email address, a phrase orword in the body of the mail; etc.
Just within the search field, you can click on the "show search optins". Thisgives a wide range fields to fill in if you want a very specific mail.
These options can help you search:
- emails according to senders or recipients: ( From: ......... and To: ......... )
- messages containing (or not containing) specified words or phrases: (Has the words: ........ and Doesn't have: ............)
- email subject (key words): (Subject: .......)
- emails with attachments: (Has attachment - checkbox)
- emails within a specific date range
- email messages contained in your inbox, sent items, trash, spam , drafts, etc.
- emails which have been read or unread.
Depending on how much you know about the particular email you intend tosearch, you can use one or more options to search for it. For example, you mayneed to search for an email sent to
James(name field),
with an attachment (justcheckbox), about
school reunion(Subject) and sent with in
June (datewithin)
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