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search for e-mails containing "word 1" AND "word2" (not word1 OR word2)

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kevin_ca
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I often want to search for an e-mail which contains two words (say: "peanut" and "jelly") (Let's suppose I've forgotten the recipe for a peanut butter & jelly sandwich, but I know it's in an e-mail somewhere).

My problem is:

  • searching for "peanut jelly" without quotes gives me all e-mails with either of the two words; that's an OR function, not an AND.
  • I know the words are not next to each other, so I can't use "peanut jelly" as a phrase
  • I want to see only e-mails which contain both words.
  • Trying peanut AND jelly doesn't do it -- that shows any e-mail with any of the three words "peanut,", "AND," or "jelly."
  • Trying & or && doesn't work, either.
  • Filtering after searching on the first word doesn't work -- or am I just doing it wrong?

Am I missing something obvious?

I often want to search for an e-mail which contains two words (say: "peanut" and "jelly") (Let's suppose I've forgotten the recipe for a peanut butter & jelly sandwich, but I know it's in an e-mail somewhere). My problem is: * searching for "peanut jelly" without quotes gives me all e-mails with either of the two words; that's an OR function, not an AND. * I know the words are not next to each other, so I can't use "peanut jelly" as a phrase * I want to see only e-mails which contain both words. * Trying peanut AND jelly doesn't do it -- that shows any e-mail with any of the three words "peanut,", "AND," or "jelly." * Trying & or && doesn't work, either. * Filtering after searching on the first word doesn't work -- or am I just doing it wrong? Am I missing something obvious?

Chosen solution

Try a search as indicated in the attached picture (Ctrl+Shift+F or Edit/Find/Search Messages).

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sfhowes
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Try a search as indicated in the attached picture (Ctrl+Shift+F or Edit/Find/Search Messages).

kevin_ca
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Close enough -- I'll need to run the search on a handful of mailboxes, but few enough that this solution works. (And maybe I'll re-organize to get them all into one subfolder.)

Thanks for the quick help!