Re: Gmail - Searching by date and has words

From: Tim McMahon <tmcmahon_at_nyob>
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2023 11:15:00 -0600
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTS.CLIR.ORG
Since it looks like you want to search all emails, just type the name in 
quotes in the main search box and don't bother with dates.

On 1/1/23 2:02 PM, charles meyer wrote:
> My esteemed listmates,
>
> I've Googled this for their program gmail without a successful article.
>
> My goal is to search all my emails from the welcome email I got from Google
> to date for 1 to 3 words together (proper name).
>
> I keep getting limited  by the Date Search "Function" Box (or whatever
> Google chooses to call it.
>
> Next to Date I can "activate" the drop down menu and the farthest out I can
> search is the 1 year listed.
>
> I wish to search much farther back than one year.
>
> So, in the From: "Function Box" typed in *After:01/01/2000
> Before:01/01/2023*
>
> ...with the Has words "Function Box" left empty. I get zero results.
>
> I then typed in one of the proper names I'm looking for in the Has Words
> with the From: "Function Box" typed in *After:01/01/2000 Before:01/01/2023*
>
> ..but got zero results.
>
> If I type in the word Welcome in the Has Words (the 1st gmail you get) I
> still get zero results.
>
> How have others searched Gmail for gmails 5 years back with a word in the
> Has Words?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Charles.
>
> Charles Meyer
> Charlotte County Public Library
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*Tim McMahon*
West Liberty Public Library
Received on Mon Jan 02 2023 - 11:42:54 EST