If you’ve previously imported some messages from Mail and now want to do a new import without creating additional copies of the old messages, there are several options:
- The simplest solution is to make sure that each message is only stored in one place: Mail or EagleFiler. If you import using the capture key, the imported messages will be selected in Mail. After the import has completed, you can press the Delete key to move them to the trash. Then you won’t have to worry about importing them again the next time.
- You can use a smart mailbox in Mail to find all the messages newer than a certain date, i.e. the last time you imported into EagleFiler. Each time you do an import, update the smart mailbox to the latest date.
Importing New Messages Automatically
It’s most efficient to import messages in bulk from Apple Mail, as described above. However, you can also set up a rule in Mail that uses the Import From Apple Mail script to automatically import each new message into EagleFiler as soon as Mail receives it.