Hacking Gmail

24 Part I — Starting to Use Gmail

It seems that Gmail willallow you to send and receive executable attachments

between Gmail accounts and from Gmail to outside accounts.

Advanced Searching

Gmail is run by Google, so it’s obvious that its built-in search engine is going to

be extremely powerful indeed. Everyone is used to the ordinary search technique

of putting keywords into the box and pressing Enter, but not everyone is aware of

the additional operators you can use. Table 3-3 gives a rundown.

Table 3-3 Gmail’s Search Operators

Operator Definition Example(s)

from: Used to specify the sender. Example: from:amy

Meaning: Messages from Amy.

to: Used to specify a recipient. Example: to:david

Meaning: All messages that were sent to

David (by you or someone else).

subject: Search for words in the Example: subject:dinner

subject line. Meaning: Messages that have the word

“dinner” in the subject.

OR Search for messages matching Example: from:amy OR from:david

term A or term B. Meaning: Messages from Amy or from

OR must be in all caps. David.

• Used to exclude messages Example: dinner-movie
  (hyphen) from your search. Meaning: Messages that contain the word
  “dinner” but do not contain the word
  “movie”.
  label: Search for messages by label. Example: from:amy label:friends
  There isn’t a search operator Meaning: Messages from Amy that have the
  for unlabeled messages. label “friends”.
  Example: from:david label:my-family
  Meaning: Messages from David that have
  the label My Family.
  has:attachment Search for messages with Example: from:david has:attachment
  an attachment. Meaning: Messages from David that have
  an attachment.