Narrow the results with filters, and sort them into groups. Both come with search on Opensolr; Fastmail search has neither.
Tap Filters in the tools row of the search screen, or in the tools row of any mailbox. Each section lists the values your results have, with their counts:
- Year and Date range: any two days on a calendar, or Any date.
- Folders, Trash and Junk always included, and Accounts.
- Attachment types, such as .pdf or .jpg.
- Message is: Unread, Flagged, Answered, Attachments, Text inside attachments.
- From and To, each person with their address, one line per address, and Companies.
- Day of the week.
Show with the count applies them, Clear all removes them. Every filter in use shows as a pill under the tools row; tap a pill to remove it.
The Group button opens GROUP BY:
- Best matches, the default: the results that stand out on top, then Also similar, folded, for the rest. A short list, or one with no clear gap in its scores, is all Best matches.
- No grouping: one ranked list.
- Month, Day, Sender, Company or Account: up to 20 groups with 5 results each. Show all under a group turns it into a filter and shows all its mail.
Groups fold with a tap on their heading; the button next to Group folds or opens them all.
Your words, filters, grouping and scroll position stay as you left them while the app is open; the grouping you choose stays for good. The search covers every folder, Trash and Junk included: one tap on Trash or Junk in Folders narrows the results to either.