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.
Hello I’m really not knowledgeable about computers and I need help. I know I have an e-mail address, with a password and a movie character preference as a security code, but I don’t know where to press
or where to write should I try g-mail….. before I am swished around again I would like to say the first one had @ outlook.com
how can I read my email
Hey Dave I cant seem to find my email to read and reply to it.its on another page and I can’t find mail slogan to click to go to email
Do I have to throw away my computer because Google is keeping me from accessing
my e-mail. I DO NOT want to open an account. I am 81 years old and ONLY want to
read and respond to my messages, and read the daily news.
I want NONE of the other things that Google has to offer, and am VERY frustrated that
I cannot simply click on to my in-box and read and send e-mail. Help, please!
( I had this same problem a couple of months ago and haven’t the time to keep dealing
with the “good ideas” this server has for me. Get me back to my former in-box, please!!
I don’t know who or how someone is using my data ,however they are .i am being billed for data that I am not sending or using,.I do not know how they are sending hundreds of messages from my iPad & iPhone ,using my data .I would like to be reimbursed for the money I have paid already !!!’
I forgot password. I seek your help.
Please send me important lessons on how to have ample info on G mail,
yah00 & other emails. I have read your info on how to filter unwanted
emails & very excited.And decided to join you.
Besides:
> Could you please help me forwarding any tips supporting to help me
> Improving my English grammar? Besides, possibly, send me English
> Grammar errors & their respective corrections. However, I have no
> funding for covering your service charge. I prefer on-line English
> Grammar checker & other additional info to improve my English. How do
> I need to check my grammar & other related errors through your on-line
> Grammar checker system?Or you may forward me any thing you believe
> that might help me improve my writing skill!People in my country
> implement Microsoft office word in correcting their grammar using the
> right click button of the mouse tool; it is not recommended tool.Since
> it it doesn’t bring successful yield in correcting grammar & other
> writing errors.Do you think that online grammar checker perfectly
> leads to effective outcome?I read that the machine mayn’t understand
> the writer’s idea and other errors.And I am writing articles
> for website.Please consider this points and assist me with your
> academic benefits.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Tewodros
>
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I can’t open my gmail
can’t access my mail.Is like the mailbox is blocked what must i do to access reopen it.
box is like blocked.i receive information that says email was send but there is nothing in the box. what can i do to access the mail.
help me i cant open my gmail inbox
I want to use it in my laptop and remind me of my password please
I need to go straight to my inbox. please tell easy way
Why is it so dificult to access my emails? please help, I need to go straight to my inbox. I do have an email notifier, but it doesn’t help me at all
How do I enter into my Riempies@gmail account.
I am just got a new computer and I am not sure how to find my gmail account. my husband will not show me how to work this thing. PLEASE HELP
plz help me i cant access my gmail inbox
People can’t reply to my e-mails to my gmail account. They also cannot send me an e-mail on their own. Their e-mails go back to them as undeliverable.I do get some from a few people in my contact list, and from some companies I do business with. Help! Thanks!
Jim, I don’t understand. What’s at the top of the window to the right of the Gmail logo when you’re looking at it in your Web browser?
Please have a human read message one. Jim (Troglodyte)
The name says a lot. On my Gmail page I find no trace of a search option. All Helps think I have one just like the good old days. From scratch, how may I search my Gmail?
Troglodyte.
If you please,Sir,May I have some more?
My question is where is square one, Front Door,Access to Search Gmail? I have nothing.
The name says a lot. On my Gmail page I find no trace of a search option. All Helps think I have one just like the good old days. From scratch, how may I search my Gmail?
Troglodyte.
i need find myibox e-mail
please help me find my gmail anything as im waiting for important news
Why do i have to sign in every time i want to access my mail ? and yes i did tick the keep me signed in box It does not work….
I cannot access my gmail account,please, help me access to my email account
I am having problems trying to open my gmail account. How do I clear other obstacles to access this account to read my mails.
how do i open my mailbox?
I 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!
Sam problem wit me
Sir icant in to my gmail account password
Gud 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
How i make my account on gmail.