How to Search Mail in Gmail. Search, Don't Sort?
Maybe you, like me, are good at collecting emails. The Archive button in Gmail is really good for that. Fortunately, most of these archived emails are never to be seen or searched again. But others we need to get back to later. Of course, you have discovered and tested the big search field that runs across Gmail's top border. Yes, but do it smartly. Search Mail in Gmail To find messages in Gmail: Type search terms in Gmail's search field.
Gmail Search Options To specify some search criteria for narrowing results in your Gmail search: Click the Show search options down arrow in the Gmail search field. Gmail Search Operators In the Search Mail field, you can use the following operators: subject: - Search the Subject line.Example: "subject:bahamas" finds all messages with "bahamas" in the Subject. from: - Search Gmail for sender name and email address. Operators and search terms can be combined with the following modifiers: Saved Searches. Gmail Tips - The Complete Collection. Gmail Beta: First Impressions The other day, I received an "invitation" to beta test Google's new "Gmail" email service. After having tried and used literally dozens of web-based email services over the years, I decided to see what the buzz was all about, so I followed the Invitation instructions, and within a couple minutes, I had a new Google Gmail account.
After working with this account for several days, I have discovered some things that I like about it as well as some things that I don't. Read on for the lowdown... First off, please note that this article is based on the pre-release beta of Gmail, so presumably, the public release will have additions, changes, and improvements. Webmail While Web-based email is nothing new, Gmail introduces some new and unique concepts. But why use Webmail when I have a good client in Outlook? I'm going to first walk you through some of the "features" that make up Gmail. Advertising Let's start off with the "tough" issue first: Advertising.
Logging In. Over 150 tips and shortcuts for Gmail. In the last 3 days I have seen what seems like 1000 different blog posts regarding Gmail tips and tricks.
I am going to do the same thing I did with Flickr search tools, I am going to consolidate to show what I believe are the best resources because there is a ton of repetition out there. Here is a list of places you can go to learn more and do more with Gmail: Gmail Hacks/Tips by Cyberknowledge – Covers:Gmail as a blog databaseHow to encrypt your entire Gmail session, not just the loginCreate a Gmail partition to use all that space they give youInstall a Linux file system on GmailGmail as a notepadChange Gmail skinsFirefox plug-in to manage multiple Gmail accountsgNotify – “You’ve got mail”gDisk for MacGTDMail: integrate GTD process with Gmail Gmail Tips – The Complete Collection, by Jim Barr: There is no way I am listing all of these, there are over 50 tips.
Here are a couple: Gmail Tip #40: New Feature! Rich formatting! Gmail Tips and Tricks.