Searching Your Email Messages

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Refining Your Search Results

You can use the links in the Refine Results box on the left side of the search results page to narrow the results.

The refining links are specific to the view:

  • In Message View, the links represent all messages in the search results.
  • In Photo View, the links represent photos in the search results.
  • In Attachment View, the links represent attachments (including photos) in the search results.

The following graphic represents the Refine Results for the Message View.

An example of the Refine Results for the Message View page.

 

Here’s How

  1. Perform a basic search. (Remind me how.)

  2. If you want to narrow the search results to only messages with photos or with attachments, select Photo View or Attachment View.

  3. To refine the search, click a link in the Refine Results box to the left of the results.

    The following example shows that you can refine the results to show messages in a specific folder by clicking the folder’s name.

    In this example, you can refine the results to display messages in a specific folder by clicking the folder’s name.

    The Search Results page updates to show only messages in the selected folder, and the links in the Refine Results module update to reflect the new results.

    An example of refined search resultsEnlarge

  4. You can continue refining the results by selecting other properties of messages in the Refine Results panel.

  5. Undo your refined results by clicking the Undo link to return to the previous results, then click a new refining link.

    Click the Undo link to return to the previous results page.

 

What’s Next

If you still can’t locate the message or messages that you want, you might want to try an advanced search.

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Words to Know

  • Attachment: a separate file included as part of an email message; for example, a multimedia or document file.
  • Folder: a container that holds individual elements specific to the context; for example, email messages in att.net Mail or bookmarks in the Bookmarks Sidebar module.