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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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 Keeping files togetherSubmitted by JMTee on October 26, 2007 - 3:58am.
Hey, RTFD could be the answer. Thanks, Robert! One question: When I save to RTFD document, I only get the enclosed documents to show as icons; i.e. no file names. Is this how it's supposed to work? I can see the enclosed file names when looking the package contents, though. And of course they are searchable via Spotlight, which is crucial. Todd, I'll take a look at R-S-D also... if it's supporting Leopard, which I'm planning to install during the weekend ;-) » POSTED IN:
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