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--- gmail_annoyances [2020.05.01 10:57] – [Searching your gmail] Steve Isenberg
+++ gmail_annoyances [2020.12.16 08:39] – Steve Isenberg
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 =====Gmail Annoyances=====
-====Searching your gmail====
+~~NOCACHE~~====Searching your gmail====
-Maybe your account is getting too close to filling and you want to search and delete messages smartly.
+Maybe your account is getting too close to filling and you want to search and delete messages smartly.\\
+Note that if you delete them, they're not removed from your gmail space until you empty the trash.  So the sequence of actions could be:
+  - Search for large emails, those from certain addresses, etc, and delete all of them.
+  - Empty trash.
-|from:george|
-|to:martha|
+^gmail search\\ command^explanation^
+|alphabet|find all mail with the word "alphabet" in it.  Also finds those with "alphabets".|
+|from:george|find all mail from this person|
+|to:martha|find all mail to this person
 |subject:dinner|
 |OR|From:george OR from:martha|
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 |newer_than:2d\\ older_than|newer_than:2d means, Messages sent within the last 2 days\\ d (day), m (month), y (year)|
 |size:10M|All messages of at least 10MB in size|
-|+unicorn|Finds words matching unicorn exactly -- not unicorns or unicorn|
+|+unicorn|Finds words matching unicorn exactly -- not different forms like "unicorns" or misspelled "unicron"|
 Examples
 |in:adverts older_than:10d|all mail in the "adverts" folder older than 10 days|
 |from:costco@online.costco.com size:5M|all mail from that address 5MB or larger in size|
+|in:sent before:2020/09/15 after:2020/09/13 |all mail that you sent in that time period, midnight on 9/13 to maybe a message on 9/16|
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