[DM-MUG] How to add metadata to Mail emails to help with Spotlight searches.

[Victoria L. Herring]

	One reason, of many, that I still use Eudora to get my main 
mail is that I can edit the subject lines - so that if an email comes 
in saying alot of good stuff but not saying a client's name or topic 
for instance, I just open the message and alter subject line = put in 
"Smith harassment same-sex" and even if the actual contents of the 
email did not include those ideas, it does now.  Spotlight so far CAN 
identify emails containing search wording but not perfectly yet 
[mainly can find the folders they are in, not the messages totally]. 
Eudora is changing to upgrade to Tiger compatible Spotlight capacity, 
but Mail is now that way.  If a Mail message had those words in its 
body or subject, they'd show up in the spotlight.  But, if they did 
not, then they would not.  So, as with other documents I've mentioned 
earlier [where you can Get Info and add metadata in the comments 
section] it's easy enough to do this....but I can't figure out how in 
Mail.

	I sent this feature request in to Apple a year or more ago 
and have since then, without results.  I can't believe it is 
impossible to do, but went into a Message in Mail and ther is nothing 
in the menu bar that allows me to do any editting of a Mail message 
to accomplish this.

	Does anyone have any other ideas???  Yes, I know I can 
forward a message back to me with the subject line changed but that 
just creates a duplicate message and is, really, more hassle than 
just being able to edit a subject line or otherwise add metadata.

	Ideas.???
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