How Do I Search For an Email Message?

You can search for an Email message in any of your mail folders or your inbox:

To do a quick search:

  1. Select Inbox or a folder in which to search.

  2. In the Quick Search field, click the down arrow to select your search criteria:

  3. In the Quick Search field, enter the text for which you want to search.

    Email messages in the folder or Inbox are filtered as you enter text that matches the search criteria.

To do an advanced search:

  1. Select your inbox or a folder in which to search.

  2. In the Quick Search field, click the down arrow and select Advanced Search.
    The Advanced Search tab appears.

  3. To select another search location, click Select next to the In field.

    The Select window appears with a list of folders available in your Inbox.

    1. Select the folder from which you want to search Email messages.

    2. Click OK.

  4. Select the matching criteria for your search string by selecting any one of the following options:

  5. Select the required option from the first drop-down list in the pane below.

    The following options are available:

  6. Select the required option from the second drop-down list.

    This option provided in this drop-down list depends on the selection in the previous step.

  7. Enter a relevant search string for the Email message in the adjacent text field.

    To enter a date, click in the text field. A mini calendar appears and you can select a date. By default, the calendar displays the current month.

    You can add more conditions by clicking plus provided adjacent to the first condition. Alternatively, you can also remove search conditions by clicking minus adjacent to each search condition. You must have at least one condition to search Email messages.

  8. Click Search.

    In two-pane layout, all Email messages in the selected folder satisfying the search criteria are displayed in the Search Results tab.

    In three-pane layout, all Email messages in the selected folder satisfying the search criteria are displayed in the mail listing pane.