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Search for messages

You can search for messages on your BlackBerry smartphone. You might also be able to search for messages in the email application on your computer or in another associated email account if your email account uses the BlackBerry Internet Service or a BlackBerry Enterprise Server that supports this feature.

On the home screen, click the Messages icon.

To search for messages based on the subject, highlight a message. Press the key > Search by > Subject.

To search for messages based on the sender, highlight a message. Press the key > Search by > Sender.

To perform an advanced search, press the key > Search by > Advanced. Specify the search criteria. To save the

search criteria, press the key > Save. Click Search.

To search for messages using the criteria from your last advanced search, press the key > Search by > Advanced.

Press the key > Last.

Note: If you search for messages, your smartphone doesn't search attachments.

 

To stop a search, press the

key.

Message search criteria

 

 

 

 

Field

Description

 

 

 

 

Search Messages

Specify whether you search for messages that are on your

 

 

BlackBerry smartphone or for messages that are in an email

 

 

application on your computer.

 

 

 

 

Name

Specify one or more contacts or email addresses that your

 

 

smartphone should search for in messages. To widen the search,

 

 

you can also specify part of a name.

 

 

 

 

Appears in

Change the type of address field that your smartphone should

 

 

search in for the name or email address.

 

 

 

 

Subject

Specify one or more words that your smartphone should search

 

 

for in the subject of messages.

 

 

 

 

Message

Specify one or more words that your smartphone should search

 

 

for in the body of messages.

 

 

 

 

Include Encrypted Messages

Specify whether your smartphone searches encrypted messages,

 

 

plain text messages, and digitally signed messages.

 

 

 

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