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

[Bailey Ford]

Hey there,

How about this for a sneaky work-around...

Move the mail to the drafts folder, then double click on it. You can =20
then change the subject. When you save it, however, it will look like =20=

that email came from you, so add their name or something while you =20
are editing the subject to still find them.

- =DFailey


On May 19, 2005, at 11:32 AM, Bailey Ford wrote:

>     One reason, of many, that I still use Eudora to get my main =20
> mail is that I can edit the subject lines - so that if an email =20
> comes in saying alot of good stuff but not saying a client's name =20
> or topic for instance, I just open the message and alter subject =20
> line =3D put in "Smith harassment same-sex" and even if the actual =20
> contents of the email did not include those ideas, it does now.  =20
> Spotlight so far CAN identify emails containing search wording but =20
> not perfectly yet [mainly can find the folders they are in, not the =20=

> messages totally]. Eudora is changing to upgrade to Tiger =20
> compatible Spotlight capacity, but Mail is now that way.  If a Mail =20=

> message had those words in its body or subject, they'd show up in =20
> the spotlight.  But, if they did not, then they would not.  So, as =20
> with other documents I've mentioned earlier [where you can Get Info =20=

> and add metadata in the comments section] it's easy enough to do =20
> this....but I can't figure out how in Mail.
>
>     I sent this feature request in to Apple a year or more ago and =20
> have since then, without results.  I can't believe it is impossible =20=

> to do, but went into a Message in Mail and ther is nothing in the =20
> menu bar that allows me to do any editting of a Mail message to =20
> accomplish this.
>
>     Does anyone have any other ideas???  Yes, I know I can forward =20
> a message back to me with the subject line changed but that just =20
> creates a duplicate message and is, really, more hassle than just =20
> being able to edit a subject line or otherwise add metadata.
>
>     Ideas.???
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