Searching for Messages

Here’s How

1. Open Yahoo! Mail.

2. At the top left under the Check Mail and New buttons, type any part of the message(s) you want to find, including the name of a photo file or the content in or name of an attachment; then click the Go button.

   

   Tip: If you want to find a word or phrase you searched for in the past, click the Recent Message Searches icon () to display a selection list of your recent searches. Select the search you want to repeat, and click the Go button.
   
   

   You can type the beginning of any word or phrase; you don’t need to type the entire exact text. For example, you can type "concert" to find messages that include "concert", "concerto", or "concerts".

   Using the example shown in step 2, your search results include all messages containing the string (or keyword) "concert".

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   For each message found, the search results list the sender, subject, date received, location (folder), size, status, a thumbnail for each attachment (if one or more accompanied the message), and a snippet of the message containing the search string. The words that meet the search criteria are highlighted. For example, if you search for the string "concert", your search results might look something like this:

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   By default, the messages are sorted by date with the most recent message at the top. As in a mail folder, you can click any of the column titles to sort by sender, subject, or folder. Click the same column title again to sort in the opposite order.

3. If you want to condense the list, click to clear the check box next to Show Snippets at the top of the results view.

   

   The search results appear without the snippets.

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4. To show the snippets again, click the check box next to Show Snippets again.

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Narrowing Your Search Results

What’s Next

Too many search results to read through? You can refine the results to get to the message you want more quickly.