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How do I search my Gmail mailbox?Alright, Dave, you've convinced me to sign up and use Google's Gmail Service and I now have an ever-growing pile of archived messages. I know that I can just type in a word or two to the search engine and find messages, but being Google, I'm wondering if there are more sophisticated searches I can use? Glad you're enjoying Gmail! If anyone wants an invite to get a Gmail account of their own, please read my article on how to get a Gmail account. I did some digging around and was rather pleased to find out that the Gmail search system has lots and lots of what we search engine folk call predicates, specific tags you can apply to a word so that it matches a specific type of data. It's like the powerful site: predicate in the regular Google search system (and you know about that, right?) The easiest search predicates to learn for Gmail are from:, to: and subject:. For example, want to find a message from me? Look for from:taylor in your Gmail archive. Want to find all messages from me that mention blogging? Try from:taylor subject:blog. You can also use some of the standard Google search modifiers too. Add an OR (must be capitalized!) and you'll change the logic of your search, allowing you to search for all messages from me or my buddy Dan: from:taylor OR from:dan. Additionally a "-" excludes matches, so a search for messages from me that aren't about blogging could be from:taylor -blogging You can also search for a specific label with label:, search for messages that have attachment with has:attachment (which means that -has:attachment will match messages that don't have attachments, of course), and you can look for the message or messages that have a specified file as an attachment with filename:. Here's a cool one to know too: messages that are in your Spam or Trash folders won't automatically match your searches, but you can add them to the search pool with in:anywhere or, if you must, specify an exact location with in:inbox, in:trash, or in:spam. If you can search the to: it should be no surprise that you can also search cc and bcc:, though the latter is of limited use because you should never receive a message with an explicitly Bcc list, as that'd defeat the purpose of a "blind" carbon copy. Finally, you can also constrain your searches by date. Use before: or after: with dates in the format "yyyy/mm/dd" format. To search for messages I sent you that had JPG attachments prior to Feb 14, 2005, for example, you could use: in:anywhere from:taylor filename:JPG before:2005/02/14 As always, the Google tool is very nice and very powerful.
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You can take it a step further and make a firefox search shortcut or add bookmarks to frequent searches or labels, if you'd like. Appending your search query to this string: For instance, in Firefox, if you make a bookmark with the following: Thanks for the tips on searching in trash/spam! Posted by: DeXTroZ at October 29, 2005 9:45 PMcan you help me find my gmail Icon?
when i click on welcome to gmail to access my g mail I get thevnptice this page can not bebprovided I am not able to access my gmail. My server is aol and aol address is maxheeb27 @aol.com Posted by: Max Heeb at November 17, 2006 7:35 AMREAL basic question, how do I access gmail when I turn on computer? I use firefox 2.0. There is no icon. I have to go to history to access gmail. Posted by: Dave Kent at February 15, 2007 9:10 PMcannopt access my Gmail Posted by: Opal H. Green or Patricia Sobrero at February 23, 2007 2:16 PMHi ! I am looking for a solution on previewing gmail attachments. I receive email attachments in bulk from my office. The subject column always has the following:... Acknowledging a copy of your file..." with an attachment of the original file send by me. Now, is there a way I can preview the attachment (Like in Yahoo message search) for that is where my data is stored. I have to constantly refer archives and hence would be happy to have a preview. I have over 3000 emails with attachments and finding the right one is a major problem. Hope you can help. Posted by: KRISHNA KUMAR at April 2, 2007 11:49 PMgmail wont accept my password which iknow is correct nearly a week without any help from gmail this is my third submission I use POP forwarding to read my mail from Gmail using Outlook. However, recently my hdd crashed and lost my mail. Fortunately it is still in gmail. I would like to receive it again at Outlook but gmail won't let me. It is archived in 'All Mail'. I tried marking them as unread and moving to Inbox, but it didn't work. I hope there is a solution. Thanks for your help. Posted by: Dimitris at April 29, 2007 2:59 PMHi, Dave, When visiting my daughter, who also has a gmail account, I'm unable to access my gmail account on her computer. When I log on to gmail it opens directly into her inbox. How to get around this, please? Posted by: Sheila at May 14, 2007 7:29 PMEasy one, Sheila! On the top right there's a "Sign Out" link. Click on it, then log in as you. Log out when you're done and your daughter will just have to log in again to be back to where she was. Or, plan b, download Firefox onto her computer and use that browser for your Gmail, and let her stick with IE/Safari/whatever for her own Gmail! :-) Posted by: Dave Taylor at May 14, 2007 10:20 PMHow can I go to the gmail mail box from my google account? There is no option in the page (inbox or something else) Posted by: sharon at May 21, 2007 6:31 AMThe only thing that I.m liking about g-mail is that it is fast... One problem that upsets me is it is like my address book is out in the back 40. I like to have my address book beside me when I am writing a letter. I put one name on the top line and the rest of my friends name on the bc. i have the same problem i always wished to have my contacts beside me when i was writing an e-mail i just signed up for g-mail but i was using hotmail but the new version windows live mail and for there i could get my contacts all you have to do is click on to: and it will show you your list of contacts! Posted by: Re:yvonne at August 16, 2007 2:15 PMMY FRIEND NAME IS SU MYAT NWAY.ILIKE TO KNOW HER GMAIL ADDRESS.COULD YOU SEARCH IT? i cant see my mail Posted by: patricia garcia at February 20, 2008 10:04 AMHow can i go to the gmail mail box from my google account Posted by: patricia g at February 20, 2008 10:08 AMcant enter my e-mail box Cannot get my gmail or send it either. I have received an email from my sister which I wish to forward to my daughter. How do I do this. Posted by: elsie hemming at September 21, 2008 11:19 PMI cannot get into my gmail to read my email. i donot now my username an my password Posted by: tubeyare at November 16, 2008 3:07 PMi want to know the name of pwintthandarsoe and shamin gamil Posted by: Min Chit Thu at January 30, 2009 1:07 AMhow do i shorten my email as others did in the ubove paragraphs? Posted by: dayna masullo at March 20, 2009 1:57 PMi am trying to sign up and i am not getting logged on!! Posted by: nathanjones at April 1, 2009 10:25 AMI cannot access my gmail. please advise as to I CANT ENTER MY GMAIL BOX. IT SAYS MY PASSWORD IE WRONG Posted by: HOWARD CARPENTER at May 3, 2009 11:06 AMi use google for most everything but now i cant even get to read my daily gmail and google disappeared from my tool bar to even punch in google,its a mess Posted by: bonnie flowers at June 24, 2009 8:00 AMi have a g-mail but i don't know how to access it Posted by: daniel stevens at July 26, 2009 1:16 PMEvery time I try to get into my GMail, I alway's have problems.It's like I have to go thru Hell and back to pull up my EMail! What do I need to do to Keep Google as my Home page, so I can read my EMail. Posted by: Deborah Wilkerson at October 1, 2009 7:21 PMI forgot my gmail (email address being registered last Jan. 2009), please help me. Elsie Go Posted by: Ellsie Go at October 21, 2009 12:44 AMPLEASE HELP ME I CAN NOT ACCESS MY G-MAIL ACCOUNT ... WHAT DO I DO Posted by: XOCHITL@G-MAIL.COM at October 28, 2009 6:56 PMI'm having trouble logging in to my email site. Posted by: Thomas L. Haney at January 4, 2010 12:39 PMFunny how this is about searching in Gmail but most of the comments are about people having trouble accessing Gmail :) Posted by: Guru Bob's Blog at January 21, 2010 7:19 PMUsing HP Pavilion my search indicates that my gmail is not available. Posted by: Leroy Dickerson at January 30, 2010 12:20 PMhow can i see the email & messages which were sent to me ? Posted by: mitranki at March 5, 2010 10:06 PMhy i need to hack my own mail id bez i forgotten my password and help me for hacking mail . Posted by: master at March 13, 2010 11:37 AMsir i cannot get in to my G Mailaccount Posted by: william Bodish at April 3, 2010 7:09 AMSomeone else used my computer,Now I cant get back to gmail??????????????????? Posted by: Barbara Jane Gardner at April 21, 2010 8:20 PM4 days ago lost my telephone line with telefonica in Spain. Small problem fixed immediately, however I am not able to recover my emails. ANY ADVICE: Posted by: morris bevan at June 27, 2010 4:41 AMi send emails with attachments ,now searching in sent mail history ,i no longer find the attachments ? Posted by: star at June 29, 2010 3:38 PMok- i just signed up for google chrome. how do i get my g mail messages? Posted by: jim martin at August 18, 2010 2:54 PMneeds to accept my gmail password Posted by: dorothy couch at October 8, 2010 5:05 PMwhy can i not sign in my gmail account Posted by: jackie at January 1, 2011 6:56 PMHi i need info that for mobail g mail Posted by: dabir at April 9, 2011 2:42 PMWant to remove my friends username from my phone but how Posted by: osuman shamsiya at June 11, 2011 12:02 PMFirst of all, my gratitudz floodng your way for the services renderd. Yesterday my friend used my Mac to get her gmail and now I can't get into my email. HELP! Jana Posted by: Jana Terry at August 30, 2011 12:42 PMi dont know how to see my gmail messages Posted by: viji at August 31, 2011 6:49 AMhi ,how are you man Posted by: ranjeet at August 31, 2011 10:20 PMHow i make my account on gmail. Posted by: Simranpreet kaur at September 19, 2011 9:38 AMGud evening sir I can't open gmail account on my phone and the first day I open it open and I did the registeration onbecause is a student email and school expect every student to use the is dlc.ui.edu.ng I will be glad if u can help me with this issue I use blackberry bold4 9780 it Posted by: olagbenro oyenike at January 7, 2012 1:03 PMSir icant in to my gmail account password Posted by: Chandru at January 13, 2012 7:06 AMSam problem wit me Posted by: Glory at January 23, 2012 2:14 PMI am so tired of trying 2 get into my gmail! Everything else pops up but the box to sign into. If this keeps happening I will get rid of gmail altogether! What an annoying & assinine thing 2 do to subscribers! 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