October 17th, 2014
Advanced searching takes on this basic form: keyword:your search criteria value.
For example, from:kavita or to:rcatmur (Name or myid)
You can also use logical operators AND, NOT, OR, <, >, =, and so forth to refine your search, and these are noted in the table. Logical operators must be typed in uppercase letters.
Outlook supports advanced searching right from the search bar. You can easily add many search filters from here, such as "from", "subject", when it was received and does the email contain an attachment.
| Search Example | Expected Results |
|---|---|
| has:attachemnt or hasattachment:yes | Return all messages containing attachments. |
| subject:"New TPS coversheet" | Find emails where the subject conatins New TPS coversheet. |
| messagesize>5MB | Return emails greater than 5 megabytes in size. |
| received:<MM/DD/YY | Messages recieved before the specified date. |
| received:last week | Mesages received in the last week time period. Other relative values:
|
| has:flag | Emails that have been flagged for follow-up. Useful when using ugamail.uga.edu. |
Additional examples can be found here: support.office.com