Searching Email

As you collect email, you will probably need to search it. You can quickly search for messages, or you can search for specific text in a message.

You can search for messages using the following steps:

1.	If you want to search only in a single mailbox, select that mailbox.
2.	In the Mail Search tool, type the text you want to search for. As you type, the messages shown in the Message List pane are reduced to those that meet your criteria.

You can also search for text within a specific message using the Find Panel.

1.	Select Edit, Find, Find (-F). The Find Panel will appear.
2.	Enter the text for which you want to search.
3.	Click Next to search for the text.

You can use the Replace with box in the Find panel to replace the text you find with different text.

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You can also search by creating a smart folder based on your search criteria. This enables you to search by multiple attributes at the same time. Consider creating a smart mailbox for this purpose. Edit it each time you want to search for mail by more than a single attribute.

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You can also search your email by using the Finder's Spotlight search tool because it includes your email in its search domain.