how to see all activity from contact in mail

in MS Outlook, you can see all activity from a contact. how do i do the same thing using Mail?

Select the inbox or folder you want to search - same as in Outlook - type in the name you're wanting to look for in the search field at the top right.

If this is something you are going to want to do regularly for a particular contact, you can also set up a "smart mailbox" that shows all correspondence FROM and TO a given person (or group). I have one set up for my immediate family.