I usually start searching/select in mutt using search “/”, “tag-pattern” “T” or limit view “l” commands, you can specify one or more patterns to make the commands apply to only desired matches.
These commands allow you to specify a pattern to match :
~b
– Search in the message body.
~B
– Search in the whole message.
~f
– Message originated from the USER
- ~t – Messages addressed to USER
~Q
– Messages which have been replied to.
- ~s – Messages having SUBJECT
- ~d – Messages in a Data range MIN-MAX (e.g ~d <1w)
- ~d – Messages tagged (fixme)
You need Pattern Modifier or Complex Patters, hier
Logical AND is performed by specifying more than one criterion
- ! — logical NOT operator
- | — logical OR operator
- () — logical grouping operator
The search is case sensitive if the pattern contains at least one upper case letter, and case insensitive otherwise.
Sources:
http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/
http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual-4.html#ss4.2
http://www.rosipov.com/blog/effective-search-with-mutt/
https://www.gl.ciw.edu/static/users/rcohen/mutt/manual-6.html#ss6.1
http://superuser.com/questions/1013639/how-can-i-display-all-mail-from-one-specific-author-in-mutt