Hi Charles,

Have you tried it in this format (just in the search box, not using the
advanced search drop-down)? Seemed to work for me, but I might be missing
something in your message.

"welcome to" after:2016/01/01 before:2023/01/01

Best,
Brenna Levitin


On Sun, Jan 1, 2023 at 2:58 PM charles meyer <[log in to unmask]> 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
>