You can search for an email message in any of your mail folders or your inbox:
To do a quick search:
From the Messages section, select Inbox or a folder in which to search.
In the Quick Search field (in the top-right corner of the work area), click the down arrow to select your search criteria:
All Attributes: Searches all the attributes listed below. This is the default search criteria.
Subject: Searches only the subject line of your messages.
Sender: Searches only the sender name and email address of your messages.
To or CC: Searches the recipient names and email addresses (specified in the To and CC fields) of your messages.
Subject or Sender: Searches the subject line and searches the sender name and email address of your messages.
Body: Searches the text inside the body of your messages.
In the Quick Search field, enter the text for which you want to search.
Messages in the folder or Inbox are filtered as you enter text that matches the search criteria.
To do an advanced search:
Select your inbox or a folder in which to search.
In the Quick Search field (in the top-right corner of the work area), click the down arrow and select Advanced Search.
The Advanced Search tab appears.
To select another search location, click Select next to the In field.
The Select window appears with a list of folders available in your Inbox.
Select the folder from which you want to search messages.
Click OK.
Select the matching criteria for your search string by selecting any one of the following options:
Match all of the following
Match any of the following
Select the required option from the first drop-down list in the pane below.
The following options are available:
From
Subject
To
Cc
To or Cc
Date
Body
Message Size (KB)
Age in Days
Status
Select the required option from the second drop-down list.
This option provided in this drop-down list depends on the selection in the previous step.
Enter a relevant search string for the message in the adjacent text field.
To enter a date, click in the text field. A mini calendar appears and you can select a date. By default, the calendar displays the current month.
You can add more conditions by clicking plus provided adjacent to the first condition. Alternatively, you can also remove search conditions by clicking minus adjacent to each search condition. You must have at least one condition to search messages.
Click Search.
The Search tab displays all the messages in the selected folder satisfying the search criteria.