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How to keep e-mail and enclosed files together when saving to hard disk?
JMTee | Oct 25 2007
My GTD system has a weak point when it comes to digital project support material. I receive lots of files (.xls, .doc, .ppt, .pdf etc. etc.) through e-mail. I need these files to be searchable via Spotlight, so I have to save them on the hard disk. The problem arises when - and this is often - I need to keep the enclosing e-mail together with the enclosed file(s). How should I 'tie' the e-mail to the files on the hard disk? The only fool-proof solution that I've found is to create a dedicated folder for the e-mail and all its contents, but as you can imagine, that is not at all practical when receiving lots of mail. Any ideas/suggestions? 7 Comments
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 RTFDSubmitted by Robert Daeley on October 25, 2007 - 4:37pm.
You can save individual, multiple, or even entire folders of emails from Mail.app as an RTFD document, along with attachments.
If the email you selected had attachments, the resulting document will be an RTFD. You can either open it in Preview, or right-click on the RTFD and choose "Show Package Contents" -- you'll find it's a folder with all the attachments and a TXT.rtf. » POSTED IN:
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