We all have this problem: the person who sends an email without enough information to search on it later.  But you know you’re going to want to find this email some other time.

Searching for this later will likely prove fruitless, especially if you have many emails between you and your pal Jim.  Solution?  Forward the email to yourself with a bunch of keywords:

When you send yourself this email, the thread now has the keywords you would expect to use when searching for this email.

Cheers!

Jim