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title: "Searching for Emails"
description: "It is common practice that email clients today have a search feature integrated into their functionality. This can be of great help if you want to find all the emails from one person or about a..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/email/searching-emails/
date: 2011-09-01
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "Brad Markle"
categories: ["Email"]
type: post
lang: en
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# Searching for Emails

It is common practice that email clients today have a search feature integrated into their functionality. This can be of great help if you want to find all the emails from one person or about a specific topic.

Some email client’s search function is quite robust and will allow you to tell the application not only what to search for but where to search for it:

[![HordeSearch](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/email_HordeSearch-1024x466.jpg)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/email_HordeSearch.jpg)

Other email clients, such as Mozilla Thunderbird, have a general search bar designed to search all your emails for any string of words:

[![searchthunderbird](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/email_searchthunderbird.jpg)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/email_searchthunderbird.jpg)

Search functionality is a great feature to help you find specific emails quickly without having to look through every email.  

If you missed our previous article, please see the [Setting up Email Filters](/support/email/setting-up-email-filters/) tutorial. For more information on this course please visit [Organizing your Email](/support/)