Use Advanced Query Search (AQS), to refine your search results. In the search box, type a keyword from the table below, followed by a colon and what to search for. For example, to find messages with a subject that contains “report”, enter subject:report in the search box.
AQS keyword |
Description |
From |
Searches the From field. |
To |
Searches the To field. |
Cc |
Searches the Cc field. |
Bcc |
Searches the Bcc field. |
Participants |
Searches the To, Cc, and Bcc fields. |
Subject |
Searches the subject. |
Body or Content |
Searches the message body. |
Sent |
Searches the date sent. You can search for a specific date or a range of dates separated by two dots (..). You can also search for relative dates: Today, tomorrow, yesterday, this week, next month, last week, past month. You can search for the day of the week or month of the year. Important Date searches must be entered in month/day/year format: MM/DD/YYYY. |
Received |
Searches for the date received. You can use the same search terms as for Sent. |
Category |
Searches the Category field. |
Attachment |
Searches for the specified attachment by title. For example, attachment:letter will find any message with an attachment named letter.doc. |
Has |
Use has:flag to find items that are flagged. Use has:attachment to find items that have one or more attachments. |
When you use AQS, you can search on multiple search terms; on any, all, or an exact phrase.
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Subject:product plan will find any message with “product” or “plan” in the subject.
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Subject:(product plan) will find any message with both “product” and “plan” in the subject.
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Subject:“product plan” will find any message with the phrase “product plan” in the subject.