Java Desktop System Email and Calendar User Guide

Searching Your Messages

Email and Calendar enables you to search your messages. You can search for text in individual messages. You can use the searchbar to perform a simple search of all messages in a folder. For example, you can search for a message that contains a particular text string.

You can perform advanced searches that use more complex search criteria. For example, you can search for messages that include an attachment, that are flagged, and that you received on a particular date. You can also save your searches, then use the searches later from the Search menu. For information about how to perform an advanced search and how to save searches, see Using Advanced Searches.

To Search a Message

Perform the following steps:

  1. Open the message that you want to search.

    Alternatively, check that the preview pane is displayed, then select the message that you want to search.

  2. Choose Edit -> Search Message.

  3. Type the text that you want to search for in the Find text box in the Find in Message dialog. To make the search case sensitive, select the Case Sensitive option.

  4. Click Find. The matches are highlighted in the message. The total number of matches is displayed in the Find in Message dialog.

  5. To close the Find in Message dialog, click Close.

To Search All Messages in a Folder

Perform the following steps:

  1. Display the folder that contains the messages that you want to search.

  2. Select the message component in which to search from the drop-down list in the searchbar.

  3. Type the text that you want to search for in the text box on the searchbar.

  4. Click on the Find Now button. Alternatively, choose Search -> Find Now. The messages that match the search criteria are displayed in the message list.

    To save the search, choose Search -> Save Search. A Save Search dialog is displayed. Type a name for the search in the Rule name text box, then click OK.

    To clear the search criteria and display all the messages in the folder, choose Search -> Clear. Alternatively, click on the Clear button in the searchbar.