Email to a specific note inside a notebook

[holycowelsie 4]

Hello, 

 

Could someone please let me know if this is possible. 

 

When I send an email to evernote, can I specify the note I want it to go to inside the notebook? 

 

For example: 

I have a notebook named medical.

I have a note called USMD that includes bills and receipts. 

When I receive a receipt in email, can I send it to the USMD note inside the Medical notebook?

 

Thanks,

 

Laurie 

[logandb 227]

It's not possible to append to an existing note via EN email. You can direct an email to an existing notebook using @notebook_name in the subject line and #tag_name to tag the new note.

Alternatively, you might be able to work out something via IFTTT, as this has an 'Append to Evernote' action (https://ifttt.com/channels/evernote/actions/62-append-to-note).

 

[Edit] There are more comprehensive instructions and detail for emailing into EN in the knowledgebase.

[holycowelsie 4]

Hello,

 

Thanks so much for your answer, I will check that out. Seems like an easy thing and something that everyone would want.

[Frank.dg 1,385]

The syntax to append an email to an existing note would be to add a [space] and a "+" to the end of the subject line (after including the note title, that is). 

 

This seems to be a hit-and-miss for many.

 

Take a look at this post - this user seems to have isolated specific parameters for doing so:

 

https://discussion.evernote.com/topic/33688-add-text-to-existing-note-via-email/page-2#entry252375

 

Here's a further post by Jamie Todd Rubin which goes into a little more detail: 

 

http://www.jamierubin.net/2014/03/11/going-paperless-quick-tip-append-to-existing-notes-in-evernote-via-email/

 

He goes through the minutiae step by step with some nice annotated screenshots. 

 

Good luck!!

[JMichaelTX 4,117]

When I send an email to evernote, can I specify the note I want it to go to inside the notebook? 

 

When I receive a receipt in email, can I send it to the USMD note inside the Medical notebook?

 

A big challenge to providing this "append to note" feature is that Evernote does not expose a unique Note identifier to the user.

There is an unique ID called a "GUID", but it is not shown on the user interface.

 

The same exact Title can be used with multiple Notes, so Title is not a good choice for ID.

 

IAC, until/IF Evernote provides a "append to note" feature, you might find using tags works well, perhaps even better.

 

You could assign a Notebook and a tag of "USMD" to the Note as part of the email subject line.

One great benefit to creating this as a separate Note is that it records the date/time, and the Title can be more reflective of the receipt (for use in searching) than if you just append it to a Note.

[chirmer 567]

Alternatively, you might be able to work out something via IFTTT, as this has an 'Append to Evernote' action (https://ifttt.com/channels/evernote/actions/62-append-to-note).

 

I use the Append to Evernote recipe frequently (for Facebook/Twitter logging) and it works great! Except we should note that IFTTT only supports plain text transmission (you can include HTML in the recipe, however). So, attachments are a no-go. 

 

I'm curious to see if Apple's recent Notes app update will spur Evernote to improve upon this feature... it's very tempting (at least for short-term items).