| Operator | Definition | Example(s) |
|---|---|---|
| from: | Used to specify the sender | Example – from:amy Meaning – Messages from Amy |
| to: | Used to specify a recipient | Example – to:david Meaning – All messages that were sent to David (by you or someone else) |
| subject: | Search for words in the subject line | Example – subject:dinner Meaning – Messages that have the word “dinner” in the subject |
| OR | Search for messages matching term A or term B* *OR must be in all caps |
Example – from:amy OR from:david Meaning – Messages from Amy or from David |
| – (hyphen) |
Used to exclude messages from your search | Example – dinner -movie Meaning – Messages that contain the word “dinner” but do not contain the word “movie” |
| label: | Search for messages by label* *There isn’t a search operator for unlabeled messages |
Example – from:amy label:friends Meaning – Messages from Amy that have the label “friends”Example – from:david label:my-family Meaning – Messages from David that have the label “My Family” |
| has:attachment |
Search for messages with an attachment | Example – from:david has:attachment Meaning – Messages from David that have an attachment |
| list: | Search for messages on mailing lists | Example – list:info@example.com Meaning – Messages with the words info@example.com in the headers, sent to or from this list |
| filename: | Search for an attachment by name or type | Example – filename:physicshomework.txt Meaning – Messages with an attachment named “physicshomework.txt” Example – label:work filename:pdf |
| ” “ (quotes) |
Used to search for an exact phrase* *Capitalization isn’t taken into consideration |
Example – “i’m feeling lucky” Meaning – Messages containing the phrase “i’m feeling lucky” or “I’m feeling lucky” Example – subject:”dinner and a movie” |
| ( ) |
Used to group words Used to specify terms that shouldn’t be excluded |
Example – from:amy(dinner OR movie) Meaning – Messages from Amy that contain either the word “dinner” or the word “movie” Example – subject:(dinner movie) |
| in:anywhere | Search for messages anywhere in Gmail* *Messages in Spam and Trash are excluded from searches by default |
Example – in:anywhere movie Meaning – Messages in All Mail, Spam, and Trash that contain the word “movie” |
| in:inbox in:trash in:spam |
Search for messages in Inbox, Trash, or Spam | Example – in:trash from:amy Meaning – Messages from Amy that are in Trash |
| is:starred is:unread is:read |
Search for messages that are starred, unread or read | Example – is:read is:starred from:David Meaning – Messages from David that have been read and are marked with a star |
| cc: bcc: |
Used to specify recipients in the cc: or bcc: fields* *Search on bcc: cannot retrieve messages on which you were blind carbon copied<!– |
Example – cc:david Meaning – Messages that were cc-ed to David |
| after: before: |
Search for messages sent during a certain period of time* *Dates must be in yyyy/mm/dd format. |
Example – after:2004/04/16 before:2004/04/18 Meaning – Messages sent between April 16, 2004 and April 18, 2004.* *More precisely: Messages sent after 12:00 AM (or 00:00) April 16, 2004 and before April 18, 2004. |
| is:chat | Search for chat messages | Example – is:chat monkey Meaning – Any chat message including the word “monkey”. |
Tag: gmail
Gmail Blog: Outage Explanation
In response to the outage of Gmail from yesterday, the Official Gmail Blog has posted an apology:
Many of you had trouble accessing Gmail for a couple of hours this afternoon, and we’re really sorry. The issue was caused by a temporary outage in our contacts system that was preventing Gmail from loading properly. Everything should be back to normal by the time you read this.
We heard loud and clear today how much people care about their Gmail accounts. We followed all the emails to our support team and user group, we fielded phone calls from Google Apps customers and friends, and we saw the many Twitter posts. (We also heard from plenty of Googlers, who use Gmail for company email.) We never take for granted the commitment we’ve made to running an email service that you can count on.
We’ve identified the source of this issue and fixed it. In addition, as with all issues that affect Gmail and our other services, we’re conducting a full review of what went wrong and moving quickly to update our internal systems and procedures accordingly. We don’t usually post about problems like this on our blog, but we wanted to make an exception in this case since so many people were impacted. In general, though, if you spot a problem with your Gmail account, please visit the Gmail Help Center and user group, where the Gmail Guides are your fastest source of updates.
Again, we’re sorry.
(via Official Gmail Blog – We feel your pain, and we’re sorry)
Gmail: Temporary Error 502
Update: Were any of you using Google Labs for Gmail? If so, please leave a comment! I’m trying to get to the bottom of this myself. Thanks!
Update #2: Thanks to Flo, we have a link that should get you in for now: http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=html. Also, according to Google Help, you may want to try to disable Google Labs if you have it enabled.
Has anyone out there seen this before? I’ve been seeing this more and more often lately…
Lifehacker: Set Firefox 3 to Launch Gmail for mailto: Links
Another great post from Lifehacker (of course) about how to set Gmail as your default mail handler in Firefox 3:
In today’s earlier list of five extensions you won’t need in Firefox 3, we said you won’t need any special toolbars, third-party apps, Greasemonkey scripts, or extensions to get Firefox to use webapps to open certain types of links. This means that when you click on an email address that uses the standard
mailto:email protocol, Firefox 3 itself can launch Gmail instead of a desktop app. By default, the Firefox RC 1 only comes with Yahoo! Mail as a possiblemailto:link handler, which leaves Gmail users out in the cold—unless you know how to set it up by hand. Here’s how to configure Firefox 3 to use Gmail as your defaultmailto:application handler.Ready to set up Gmail? Roll up those sleeves.
