Tips to search Gmail

Here are the gmail tips to make your search for particular mail or group of mails become more easier and accurate....

To list out all the mails received from specific email address :
FROM: xyz@gmail.com OR xyz@yahoo.com OR xyz@hotmail.com

If you are not concerned about the mail services like yahoo.com or gmail.com,then ignore the text after @. i.e
FROM: xyz@ OR abc@ OR xyz@hotmail.com

To list out all the mails based on your subject :
SUBJECT: pics or resume

This search all the mails having subject pics or resume

To list out all the mails which have the word or set of words :
HAS THE WORDS : forward invitation

This search all the mails having words forward and invitation

To list out all the mails which doesn't have the word or set of words :
DOESN'T HAVE: spam

This search all the mails which doesn't have the word spam

Get the chat history of all starred mails :
label:chats label:starred

Get all the unread mails in spam folder :
label:spam label:unread

Get all the starred mails :
label:starred

Get all the opened mails :
label:read

Get all the unread mails present in inbox :
label:inbox label:unread

Get all the unread mails in all inbox, spam, draft etc :
label:All Mail label:unread label:starred

Get all the starred and unread mails under the particular label.If you want to get all the unread and starred mails having label Mahesh, enter the following in search box :
label:Mahesh label:unread label:starred

Get all the mails sent between particular dates :
after:2009/01/01 before:2009/01/25

This gives all the mails sent between 2009/01/1 and 2009/01/25 (date format : yyyy/mm/dd )

Get all the chat messages having a particular word :
is:chat mahesh

This gives all the chat messages having the word mahesh

Email that were cc-ed to subbu
cc:subbu

Email that were bcc-ed to subbu
bcc:subbu

Search for messages in a particular language :
lang:french

This returns all emails that contain at least un peu de Français.

Search all the mails having files attached to them :
has:attachment

Search for messages sent after a date :
after:2009/01/25

Search for messages sent before a date :
before:2009/01/25

Exclude chat session logs from search results.Add the following to your search string :
-label:Chat

Search the word included only in chat session logs :
+label:Chat