Search message details
Enter a name, phrase, or filter in the search field and press Return. Horcrux searches saved message details such as the sender, subject, and attachment name.
| Search | Example |
|---|---|
| Words or a phrase | quarterly report or "meeting notes" |
| Sender | from:slughorn |
| Subject | subject:horcrux |
| Mailbox | mailbox:"Horcrux Research" |
| Attachment | has:attachment or attachment:notes.pdf |
| Date | after:2026-01-01 before:2026-07-01 |
| Exclude a term | riddle -diary |
Optionally search inside message contents
Open Search Settings from the browser and enable content search. Horcrux reads saved message bodies from the Primary or another complete Backup Location to build an optional index in the Horcrux Library. The browser then offers Search content.
The content index is only a search helper. Deleting it disables body search until it is rebuilt, but does not delete saved emails, attachments, backup history, or ordinary sender and subject search.
Understand missing or deleted messages
If a saved file is not currently available, the reading pane explains whether the message is still being saved, belongs to an incomplete backup, or is genuinely missing.
When a saved message no longer exists in the latest source view, Horcrux can show Missing from source with an Undelete action. Undelete restores the saved copy to its last-known mailbox and avoids duplicates by Message-ID when the server supports that check.