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Label --> Query operators

預設標籤(default labels)

• label:inbox 收信匣, label:starred 星號標記, label:chat 交談記錄, label:sent 寄件備份, label:draft 或 label:drafts 草稿, label:anywhere 所有郵件(不含垃圾信件與垃圾桶的信件), label:spam 垃圾信件/廣告信件, label:trash 垃圾桶 (搜尋時lable:chat與in:chat的效果一樣)

Query operators

• Attachments --> has:attachment

Time related

• Today --> after:yesterday (Due to the search "after:today" was not completed to cover all emails today, I suggest you use after:yesterday)
• Last Week --> after:oneweekago

Focus some labels / Cluster with some labels

• My Focus --> (label:label_a OR label:label_b)

focus on the letters with the labels: label_a or label_b

• My Focus (new) --> (label:label_a OR label:label_b) is:unread

focus on the new letters with the labels: label_a or label_b

• Tentative --> in:anywhere subject:keywords

It will perform the keywords' search in all email box include the spam and trash

Spam

• Spam unread -->
  • in:spam before:2007/5/1 (means the spam older than 2007/5/1)
  • in:spam is:unread
  • in:spam is:unread after:yesterday (means latest spam :P)
• inbox spam
  • specified language: using the stop word to filter

• more... see Gmail: Help Center - How do I use Advanced Search?(中文說明: 如何使用進階搜尋？) (last visited: February 22, 2006)

label with the slash mark(/)

The label with the slash mark(/) will rename to Hyphen mark (-).

• Ex: The label share/meeting will rename to share-meeting (not forcibly) but the search label:share/meeting will found no result until you search label:share-meeting.

Goodies

• gmail-greasemonkey - Google Code: Saved Searches
  • alternative script: MozillaFirefox with GreaseMonkey User script: lukebaker.org » Persistent Persistent Searches (last visited: February 22, 2006)
• 《純敏達康》 » Firefox + GreaseMonkey：Gmail 弄鬼弔猴術

easter egg

• Google Operating System: Shortcuts for Special Gmail Labels