Picking Messages Mail can search the open or selected folder for messages that have something in common. For example, you could pick messages that were sent by a specific user on a specific day, or messages that contain a specific word in the subject line. Once it finds messages that meet your criteria, Mail displays a list of these messages. You can then perform tasks such as copying, moving, extracting, or reading on this set of messages. If you selected multiple folders, the first folder is used for the pick operation.
Mail displays a dialog box.
The dialog box lets you specify the criteria for picking messages. Click on the pick criteria text-entry boxes, as explained in the following table, and type in your message pick criteria. After you have entered your pick criteria, click on the OK push button to pick the designated messages, or click on the Cancel push button to cancel the pick operation. The messages received on the date you specify. Any text included in the subject line of messages you want to pick.