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

[Victoria L. Herring]

That is a VERY good if hassling work=20
around...which is why one has Automator isn't it?=20
I'll give it a whirl and see if I can create an=20
Automator that will do this fairly easily [I have=20
Quickkeys too which I could try too]

Thanks...


>Hey there,
>
>How about this for a sneaky work-around...
>
>Move the mail to the drafts folder, then double=20
>click on it. You can then change the subject.=20
>When you save it, however, it will look like=20
>that email came from you, so add their name or=20
>something while you are editing the subject to=20
>still find them.
>
>- =DFailey
>
>
>On May 19, 2005, at 11:32 AM, Bailey Ford wrote:
>
>>     One reason, of many, that I still use=20
>>Eudora to get my main mail is that I can edit=20
>>the subject lines - so that if an email comes=20
>>in saying alot of good stuff but not saying a=20
>>client's name or topic for instance, I just=20
>>open the message and alter subject line =3D put=20
>>in "Smith harassment same-sex" and even if the=20
>>actual contents of the email did not include=20
>>those ideas, it does now.  
>>Spotlight so far CAN identify emails containing=20
>>search wording but not perfectly yet [mainly=20
>>can find the folders they are in, not the=20
>>messages totally]. Eudora is changing to=20
>>upgrade to Tiger compatible Spotlight capacity,=20
>>but Mail is now that way.  If a Mail message=20
>>had those words in its body or subject, they'd=20
>>show up in the spotlight.  But, if they did=20
>>not, then they would not.  So, as with other=20
>>documents I've mentioned earlier [where you can=20
>>Get Info and add metadata in the comments=20
>>section] it's easy enough to do this....but I=20
>>can't figure out how in Mail.
>>
>>     I sent this feature request in to Apple a=20
>>year or more ago and have since then, without=20
>>results.  I can't believe it is impossible to=20
>>do, but went into a Message in Mail and ther is=20
>>nothing in the menu bar that allows me to do=20
>>any editting of a Mail message to accomplish=20
>>this.
>>
>>     Does anyone have any other ideas???  Yes, I=20
>>know I can forward a message back to me with=20
>>the subject line changed but that just creates=20
>>a duplicate message and is, really, more hassle=20
>>than just being able to edit a subject line or=20
>>otherwise add metadata.
>>
>>     Ideas.???

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