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Since it looks like you want to search all emails, just type the name in quotes in the main search box and don't bother with dates. On 1/1/23 2:02 PM, charles meyer wrote: > My esteemed listmates, > > I've Googled this for their program gmail without a successful article. > > My goal is to search all my emails from the welcome email I got from Google > to date for 1 to 3 words together (proper name). > > I keep getting limited by the Date Search "Function" Box (or whatever > Google chooses to call it. > > Next to Date I can "activate" the drop down menu and the farthest out I can > search is the 1 year listed. > > I wish to search much farther back than one year. > > So, in the From: "Function Box" typed in *After:01/01/2000 > Before:01/01/2023* > > ...with the Has words "Function Box" left empty. I get zero results. > > I then typed in one of the proper names I'm looking for in the Has Words > with the From: "Function Box" typed in *After:01/01/2000 Before:01/01/2023* > > ..but got zero results. > > If I type in the word Welcome in the Has Words (the 1st gmail you get) I > still get zero results. > > How have others searched Gmail for gmails 5 years back with a word in the > Has Words? > > Thank you. > > Charles. > > Charles Meyer > Charlotte County Public Library -- *Tim McMahon* West Liberty Public Library