I'm trying to find old gmails, knowing the source name. All the help files, blogs etc. say: just type the name or text into the search box at the top of the gmail page. However, I don't have a search box on the gmail page at all and, having tried all the pull-down menus, still can't find one. Where am I going wrong?
finding stuff in gmail
Mar 07, 2017
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It should be just below the
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url box.
there's a little triangle in that box that can pull down a menu so you can be more spesific in your search (show search options)
Eh? Great big thing across the top, to the right of google logo, with a magnifying glass at the end ...
I don't know, but if you use this link
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you'll get a basic HMTL version of GMail in case your settings or your browser are being silly buggers.
Owain
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Right, got it. I gave up using anything labelled Google long ago, as it usually searches the web, rather than what you're interested in. Wrong in this case!
Yep, found it. I didn't expect anything labelled Google to do anything useful. Why isn't it labelled gmail.
Who knows. You can use gmail via imap and do a local search, assuming it actually downloads all the folders of course. Brian
On the HTML version I get two buttons: Search Mail, or Search Web.
Owain
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