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Automatically add attachments to a specific folder

#1368

Hi,

I'm currently searching for an OSX mail app that can do this:

Make a new rule;
If there's a new e-mail with attachment it can automatically add attachments (and only from specific e-mailadresses) to a folder.

Some businesses always send automatically new pdf receipts and always from the same e-mail address. And I have a lot of receipts via e-mail. I don't want to open these e-mails, I only want to watch a specific folder for receipts. Is something like this possible with MailMate?

Best,

Sander

Reported by Sander · January 3rd, 2016 @ 06:42 PM

State: fixreleased
Milestone: none
Assigned to: benny benny

Activity

  1. benny
    benny
    • State changed from new to accepted

    Well, I think it's possible, but there's no straightforward way to do this. The easiest would probably be if MailMate had some kind of “Save Attachments” action for rules with a destination mailbox -- maybe with an optional filename pattern. I'll keep the ticket open to track any progress on such a feature.

    Given that MailMate does not yet have that then the only way is a complicated use of smart mailboxes based on “All Messages ▸ All Message Subparts” and probably also a custom bundle command...

    ...ok, I fixed an issue such that the custom bundle command is not necessary, but it's still pretty complicated (the smart mailboxes used). It does work though, but I'm not sure I would recommend it...

    January 4th, 2016 @ 01:58 PM

  2. benny
    benny

    Update: This has not been implemented as a GUI feature yet, but it's a bit closer given better support for handling attachments in bundle commands as documented here.

    March 9th, 2018 @ 01:46 PM

  3. Gary Henderson
    Gary Henderson
    • Tag set to save attachments

    I have exactly the same need that Sander defined. I see the linked material regarding handling attachments in bundle commands. Can you offer an example of how to use that? I would be looking for images attached to emails with a certain phrase in the subject line (or from a certain address, etc), and would like to drop the image attachments into a specific folder for automatic import into a Paperless library.

    Thanks!
    Gary

    August 26th, 2019 @ 11:30 PM

  4. silop
    silop
    • Tag set to save attachments

    Any progress so far...? Thanks

    October 7th, 2020 @ 10:47 AM

  5. Wladjmir
    Wladjmir

    Hi,

    i'm switching from Apple Mail, for administration purposes, i've the same needs.
    Very clever app, but unfortunately support of applescript seems weak in Mailmate

    Thanks

    December 27th, 2020 @ 04:00 PM

  6. Christopher Mackay
    Christopher Mackay

    I would LOVE to have this functionality, too. A lot of the heavy lifting on file attachment renaming/filing is handled on the filesystem using Hazel, but having to process the incoming email (& attachments) manually is where things fall apart.

    January 14th, 2021 @ 06:29 PM

  7. Klaus
    Klaus

    I would also like to endorse the proposal. I use an electronic notebook to take minutes of meetings. I then send the note as a PDF to my e-mail inbox to archive it from there in my DMS. This process happens several times a day. Automatic storage of these attachments would make archiving much easier for me.

    April 12th, 2024 @ 12:28 PM

  8. benny
    benny
    • State changed from accepted to fixcommitted

    There's experimental support for much easier (automatic) handling of attachments in the latest update. Pick the latest one here to try it out (r6047+): https://updates.mailmate-app.com/archives/

    Read more about it here.

    July 2nd, 2024 @ 12:39 PM

  9. benny
    benny
    • State changed from fixcommitted to fixreleased

    December 25th, 2024 @ 04:11 PM

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