Archive for November 26th, 2008

Gmail Tips and Tricks – Gmail Search, Find messages from more than 2 senders

Gmail offers a search feature which is similar to Google search. It is very easy to use. You can find emails from more than 1 sender in one search.

If you want to find all emails from any sender you need to use from: senders name

But the same time if you are looking for all the emails from David and Solomon, you can use the operator OR as seen below

From:David OR From:Solomon

You need enter the first search criteria and a space and OR and a space then the second search criteria.

OR should be uppercase.

This search will bring the emails from David and Solomon.

You can also add more criteria using OR

If you want to find emails from David and also emails sent to Solomon, you can use the search to: as seen below

This search will bring all the emails received from David and sent to Solomon

If you have any questions or suggestions, please post a comment.

Dave

Gmail Tips and Tricks – Gmail Search, Search only the Subject of all emails

Gmail search feature is a great tool compared to all other email services. Gmail search feature is similar to Google search.

If you are looking for a specific email and if you think you know the subject line or specific word in a subject line use this search to find what you are looking for.

For example, if I am looking for all the meeting invitation from someone, I am sure the subject will have the word meeting in it. so I need to search as below

Subject:Meeting

This search will bring all the emails with the word in subject line �meeting�

You can use phrases or a single word in Gmail search box

If you have any questions or suggestions, please post a comment

Dave