diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md index 4bc4cf4074..f210637ca1 100644 --- a/FAQ.md +++ b/FAQ.md @@ -784,7 +784,17 @@ Searching on the server might be case sensitive or case insensitive and might be Some servers cannot handle searching in the message text when there are a large number of messages. For this case there is an option to disable searching in the message text. -Searching through a large number of messages is not very fast because of two limitations: +It is possible to use Gmail search commands by prefixing a search command with *raw:*. +If you configured just one Gmail account, you can start a raw search directly on the server by searching from the unified inbox. +If you configured multiple Gmail accounts, +you'll first need to navigate to the folder list or the archive (all messages) folder of the Gmail account you want to search in. +Please [see here](https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7190) for the possible commands. Example: + +`` +raw:larger:10M +`` + +Searching through a large number of messages on the device is not very fast because of two limitations: * [sqlite](https://www.sqlite.org/), the database engine of Android has a record size limit, preventing message texts from being stored in the database * Android apps get only limited memory to work with, even if the device has plenty memory available