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Since I already was using EagleFiler to store, tag and organize other documents, it made sense for me to start to use it to archive my infrequently used mail messages also. Adam Engst of Tidbits wrote brief descriptions of some of the better known mail archiving products, Mail Steward, Mail Archiver and DevonThink Pro Office. There are other mail archiving products on the market. You can read the entire list. EagleFiler has a very user-friendly interface and many more features listed here.
EagleFiler can import too many file types to list here, but it includes web pages, PDF files, Word files and jpeg images. You could think of it as a digital filing cabinet. Once you’ve confirmed that the messages are in EagleFiler then you can delete them from Mail.ĮagleFiler can actually do a lot more than store your email messages.
Just sit back and wait for the messages to be copied into EagleFiler which happens pretty quickly. Select one or more email messages in Mail and then press EagleFiler’s Capture Key, which is F1 by default. Archiving messages into EagleFiler couldn’t be easier. If you continue to use the program after the trial period has expired you’ll need to buy it for $40. You can download a trial version of EagleFiler if you’d like to test it. This triggers Mail to display the email message and the attachment. Since EagleFiler stores its library in Finder format, you can use it in concert with the other tools in your Mac ecosystem. You can open the attachments by simply double-clicking them in EagleFiler. Organize them into folders and annotate them with tags and notes, or leave everything in one folder and pin-point the information you need using the live search. EagleFiler stores both the email message and the attachment. I can also search for words contained in the messages. In EagleFiler I can view the individual email messages including all of the header (to, from, date and subject) information and the message itself. Rather than storing years of these email messages in Mail, I archive them and store them in EagleFiler. This means I have mail messages that I sent between the late 1990s and the present. Depending upon how many total messages you store in Mail, this might improve Mail’s performance.īecause email is so central to my business, I like to hold onto just about every message I send or receive. capabilities make finding that one file you stored in EagleFiler a year ago. Once the messages have been archived you can delete them from Mail. EagleFiler stores them in an open format: regular files and folders that are. Do you store thousands and thousands of email messages? Do you infrequently access many of these messages? If so, you could archive these email messages using EagleFiler.