Mail search

In Mail, Spotlight searches very thoroughly. It's very simple.

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Choose an account in the Mailboxes drawer (shown below, left).
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Enter a word or phrase in the search field; results immediately appear.
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A new bar also appears, as shown below. In this bar you can choose which account to search, and which part of the email to search.

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