Google Gmail search tokens

The amazingly simple search within Gmail (Google Apps) enables the option to specify a token in order to make your life a little easier.

Operator	Definition	Example(s)
from:	Used to specify the sender	Example - from:elad Meaning - Messages from Amy
to:	Used to specify a recipient	Example - to:elad Meaning - All messages that were sent to David (by you or someone else)
subject:	Search for words in the subject line	Example - subject:dinner Meaning - Messages that have the word "dinner" in the subject
OR	Search for messages matching term A or term B* *OR must be in all caps	Example - from:amy OR from:david Meaning - Messages from Amy or from David
- (hyphen)	Used to exclude messages from your search	Example - dinner -movie Meaning - Messages that contain the word "dinner" but do not contain the word "movie"
label:	Search for messages by label* *There isn't a search operator for unlabeled messages	Example - from:amy label:friends Meaning - Messages from Amy that have the label "friends" Example - from:david label:my-family Meaning - Messages from David that have the label "My Family"
has:attachment	Search for messages with an attachment	Example - from:david has:attachment Meaning - Messages from David that have an attachment
list:	Search for messages on mailing lists	Example - list:info@example.com Meaning - Messages with the words info@example.com in the headers, sent to or from this list
filename:	Search for an attachment by name or type	Example - filename:physicshomework.txt Meaning - Messages with an attachment named "physicshomework.txt" Example - label:work filename:pdf Meaning - Messages labeled "work" that also have a PDF file as an attachment
" " (quotes)	Used to search for an exact phrase* *Capitalization isn't taken into consideration	Example - "i'm feeling lucky" Meaning - Messages containing the phrase "i'm feeling lucky" or "I'm feeling lucky" Example - subject:"dinner and a movie" Meaning - Messages containing the phrase "dinner and a movie" in the subject
( )	Used to group words Used to specify terms that shouldn't be excluded	Example - from:amy(dinner OR movie) Meaning - Messages from Amy that contain either the word "dinner" or the word "movie" Example - subject:(dinner movie) Meaning - Messages in which the subject contains both the word "dinner" and the word "movie"
in:anywhere	Search for messages anywhere in Gmail* *Messages in Spam and Trash are excluded from searches by default	Example - in:anywhere movie Meaning - Messages in All Mail, Spam, and Trash that contain the word "movie"
in:inbox in:trash in:spam	Search for messages in Inbox, Trash, or Spam	Example - in:trash from:amy Meaning - Messages from Amy that are in Trash
is:starred is:unread is:read	Search for messages that are starred, unread or read	Example - is:read is:starred from:David Meaning - Messages from David that have been read and are marked with a star
cc: bcc:	Used to specify recipients in the cc: or bcc: fields* *Search on bcc: cannot retrieve messages on which you were blind carbon copied	Example - cc:david Meaning - Messages that were cc-ed to David
after: before:	Search for messages sent during a certain period of time* *Dates must be in yyyy/mm/dd format.	Example - after:2004/04/16 before:2004/04/18 Meaning - Messages sent between April 16, 2004 and April 18, 2004.* *More precisely: Messages sent after 12:00 AM (or 00:00) April 16, 2004 and before April 18, 2004.
is:chat	Search for chat messages	Example - is:chat monkey Meaning - Any chat message including the word "monkey".

Tip: Finding all Unread messages in your gmail inbox

I have about 3000+ mail and i get something like 20-40 relevant messages a day, i usually very orgenized and i sort the incoming messages once an hour.
Now i had about unread messages that i missed in my inbox and wanted to find them, after a short quest i found this:

in the top search enter

label:unread in:inbox

and yaaa, all unread messages are found. you can drop the in:inbox and get your entire list of unread messages, including other labels.

Using your GMail as ActionMailer Carrier

this was merely a try, it worked, but i don't think it's recommended so much, google might get angry.

create a conf file named ssmtp.conf in /etc/ssmtp

1. # Config file for sSMTP sendmail  
2. #  
3. # The person who gets all mail for userids < 1000  
4. # Make this empty to disable rewriting.  
5. root=postmaster  
6.    
7. # The place where the mail goes. The actual machine name is required no   
8. # MX records are consulted. Commonly mailhosts are named mail.domain.com  
9.    
10. # GMAIL configuration  
11. mailhub=smtp.gmail.com:587  
12. AuthUser=youremail@gmail.com  
13. AuthPass=pass  
14. UseSTARTTLS=YES  
15.    
16. # The full hostname  
17. hostname=machinehostname  
18.    
19. # Are users allowed to set their own From: address?  
20. # YES - Allow the user to specify their own From: address  
21. # NO - Use the system generated From: address  
22. FromLineOverride=YES  

then just point ActionMailer to user sendmail as carrier in your environment:

1. ActionMailer::Base.delivery_method = :sendmail  

and you are all set