How to search a specific mailbox in Mail ?

The search results are usually from all boxes and all accounts, which is not what  I want
Is there a solution ?

You'll get that if you type "how do I search for text" or just "search" or just "find"
At the top level, under Essentials, Search Messages gives you the same as the top hit on Eric's search.
The answer to your original question in the post is given in number 3.
If needed, change your search to vary the results:
Search a specific mailbox:
Click a mailbox in the Search bar. To search a mailbox that’s not shown, start typing a mailbox name in the search field.
Search several mailboxes at once:
To search mailboxes that aren’t shown, start typing a mailbox name in the search field, choose the “Message contains:” suggestion, and then choose Mailbox from the token’s pop-up menu. Repeat for each mailbox. Or select the mailboxes in the sidebar before starting your search, and then click Selected Mailboxes in the Favorites bar.
Why is "Search a Message" and "Search a Mailbox" not intuitive?
If I want to find something inside a single message, I would choose "Search a Message."
If I wanted to find a particular message I would choose "Search a Mailbox"
Or, I would type, "find a message" or "search for messages" in the Help search field and the top hit would be turns out to be the answer.
Or, even simpler, since "Search Messages" is the only main item referring to "Searching," I would start there. In that case, it goes right to what you want.
If I really wanted to know about searching for text in a particular message, I would first scroll to the bottom to see what was offered as related topics. Lo and behold, there is a related article that discusses searching in a message.
However, the help files in OS X are not very robust. They never have been. The Macintosh Way is all about trying things out and see what happens. You can always undo (most of the time).
But for people who need to read a book, David Pogue makes a ton of money publishing the Missing Manual series.

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