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Why do I have incomplete results with Yahoo mail search?

Why does "Narrow Results" for Yahoo! Mail Beta Search not reflect all email listed in "messages found"?

  • For example, 1001 emails are found for a given search. When the search process has completed, clicking on "Retrieve refinement options" only reflects 51 emails.

  • Answer:

    "Narrowing results" search for "keywords" or tags that you, as the user have assigned to the mail. Or, "keywords" or phrases that are the content of the mail. You can assigne keywords that are subject related, even though the mail itself, does not have these keywords. That is why they are assigned. But, this takes time to do this. You might recall a mail regarding a certain subject, saved it for future reference, and now want to find it. Using Yahoo's Search Tips will help narrow the results, based on your search structure. (For more tips on using "modifiers", see link) You can also limit the results that Yahoo! Mail finds when you search for a message by including some additional information (called "modifiers") with the search string. There are many possibilities you can try:

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