Did You Know? Searching in Zimbra Part 1: Keywords
Did you know that all standard search keywords can be used in the Zimbra search field to perform a quick search?
A list of keywords is provided below, along with a helpful description.
To use a keyword, simply type it into the search field, followed by a colon and your search criteria.
Examples:
- from: dbrown@zimbra.com
- subject: staff meeting
- in: Sent
Next week’s post will describe how to perform a search in Zimbra using menus instead of keywords.
Key Word |
Description |
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content: |
Specifies text that the message must contain. For example, content:bananas finds all items containing the word “bananas”. |
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from:
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Specifies a sender name or email address that is in the From header. This can be text, as in “John Smith III”, an email address such as ” joe@acme.com”, or a domain such as ” zimbra.com”. |
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to: |
Same as from: except that it specifies one of the people to whom the email was addressed in the To: header. |
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cc: |
Same as from: except that it specifies a recipient in the Cc: header of the message. |
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subject: |
Specifies text that must appear in the subject header of the message. An example might be subject:new vacation policy. |
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in: |
Specifies a folder. For example, in:sent shows all items in your Sent folder. |
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has: |
Specifies an attribute that the message must have. The types of object you can specify are “attachment”, “phone”, or ” url”. For example, has:attachment finds all messages which contain one or more attachments of any type. |
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filename: |
Specifies an attachment file name. For example, filename: query.txt finds messages with a file attachment named “query.txt”. |
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type: |
Specifies a search within attachments of a specified type. The types of attachment you can specify are “text”, “word”, “excel”, and ” pdf”. For example, type:wordhello finds messages with attachments that are Microsoft Word documents and searches within those attachments for the word “hello”. |
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attachment:
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Specifies any item with a certain type of attachment. For example, attachment:word finds all messages with a Word file attachment. Note: If you did not find an attachment that was written in a non-western language, see Search Issues with Non-Western Language Attachments. |
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is: |
Searches for messages with a certain status. Allowable values are “unread”, “read”, “flagged”, and ” unflagged”. For example – is: unread finds all unread messages.
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date:
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Use this keyword to specify a date. You can use an absolute date (mm/dd/yyyy or yyyy/dd/mm) or a relative date (+/- nnnn [hour, day, week, month, year]). The greater than symbol (date:>DATE) is the same as after:DATE. The less than symbol (date:>DATE) is the same as the before:Date. |
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after: |
Specifies mail sent after a certain date. For example, after:2/1/2010 specifies mail sent after February 1, 2010. |
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before: |
Same as after: except specifies mail sent before the specified date. |
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size:
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Specifies messages whose total size, including attachments, is a specified number of bytes, kilobytes, or megabytes. For example, size:12 kb finds messages that are exactly 12K in size. The greater than (>) or less than (<) symbols can be used instead of bigger or smaller. |
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larger: |
Similar to size: except specifies greater than the specified size. |
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smaller: |
Similar to size: except specifies smaller than the specified size. |
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tag: |
Finds messages which have been tagged with a specified tag. For example, tag:amber finds message that have a tag called “amber” applied. |
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