(Archived) Importing Email

[wayupnth 0]

This may be covered elsewhere but I couldn't find it. I am now a premium subscriber. It seems that if I simply drag and drop an email from Apple mail into Evernote, the result is a .eml file which can be viewed but not searched. I'm also not sure if the original email is deleted if the .eml file can still be opened. If I forward an email to my evernote email address, the not appears not as an attachment but as if I cut and pasted it and is therefore searchable. Is there a reason for this behavior?

Wayupnth

[Metrodon 2,183]

I think when you drag the email, EN treats the .eml file like any other file that you can 'attach' to a note (not including PDFs) - in other words the file is part of the note but not searchable.

The file in your note is a copy of the mail in Apple mail - so if you want to, you could delete the Apple mail version without affecting the EN version.

If you forward the email, then EN creates a new note and can therefore search the content.

[RedBug 1]

Another solution is to use DropCircle:

Drag and drop your mail (in .eml format) to DropCircle and you have a true note in Evernote with all the image embedded. More information on http://discussion.evernote.com/topic/35481-dropcircle-01/