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May 18, 2011, 2:17:38 PM5/18/11
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via WindowsClient.net by Morteza Naeimabadi on 5/17/11

from: Used to specify the sender Example - from:amy
Meaning - Messages from Amy
to: Used to specify a recipient Example - to:david
Meaning - All messages that were sent to David (by you or someone else)
subject: Search for words in the subject line Example - subject:dinner
Meaning - Messages that have the word "dinner" in the subject
OR

Search for messages matching term A or term B*
*OR must be in all caps

Example - from:amy OR from:david
Meaning - Messages from Amy or from David
-
(hyphen)
Used to exclude messages from your search Example - dinner -movie
Meaning - Messages that contain the word "dinner" but do not contain the word "movie"
label: Search for messages by label*
*There isn't a search operator for unlabeled messages
Example - from:amy label:friends
Meaning - Messages from Amy that have the label "friends"
has:attachment
Search for messages with an attachment Example - from:david has:attachment
Meaning - Messages from David that have an attachment
filename: Search for an attachment by name or type

Example - filename:physicshomework.txt
Meaning - Messages with an attachment named "physicshomework.txt"

Example - label:work filename:pdf
Meaning - Messages labeled "work" that also have a PDF file as an attachment


 
 

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