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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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Short term fix foundSubmitted by ronmarx on January 16, 2008 - 9:42am.
If you drag an email from Mail to a location on your Mac (Desktop, Documents folder etc) it creates a .EML file, which includes the attachments. » POSTED IN:
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