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24 Jan 2022, 03:46 AM | #1 |
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Is there a unique id to find an email message
Hello,
I would like to store ids or links to specific messages for future reference. 1) I tried storing the url after opening a message. But one problem I see is that it also contains the folder name so if the message is moved that won't work anymore. 2) I tried storing the last part (string id) assuming it's unique to this message. But when I tried doing a search with it and it's not able to find the message. The title of a message is often not specific or unique enough for my purpose. Do you know or have another idea? Thank you! |
24 Jan 2022, 04:57 AM | #2 |
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The message headers contain a header called Message ID. which uniquely identifies the message. You can find this with Actions->Display raw message followed by finding 'Message-ID: <' (without the quotes).
You can later use search to look for msgid:<saved-id> to locate the message in the future. If you only do this infrequently, the approach above should be sufficient. However, it would become pretty tedious to do often. I suggest in that case you add the Message-ID to the details displayed. You do this through Settings->Preferences->Advanced preferences Last edited by BritTim : 24 Jan 2022 at 05:08 AM. |
24 Jan 2022, 05:43 AM | #3 |
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BritTim beat me to it...
I got the same search results also using Header:Message-ID:string instead of msgid:string. It seems that saving the URL produced by this search and reentering it in a separate browser tab works and brings up the single message, so it may be a convenient way to save pointers to important past messages. FastMail also allows saving searches and then they appear at the bottom of the folders list. I would have used this if saved searches could be collected inside folders. But as it is that they must all be listed in the top level of the folder tree they are of limited use. |
24 Jan 2022, 06:32 AM | #4 | |
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I did both steps, the locating and then searching of message-ID and also the permanent display of it in the details and got it to work.
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24 Jan 2022, 06:40 AM | #5 | |
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I tried this search variation and it works too.
Plus I saved it as a search just to see. I also agree with you for the saved search, I created just a few because it's unfortunate that they all show up at the top level without a way to create sub-folders. Thanks hadaso! Quote:
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24 Jan 2022, 03:46 PM | #6 | |
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Hi prog!
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Have you tried doing so? For me the URL still works even if you move the message to another folder. I tested this right now having labels enabled instead of folders. But I’m quite sure that it used to work with folders as well. Maybe you wanna give it a try? Cheers, Michael Last edited by misc : 24 Jan 2022 at 03:46 PM. Reason: Fixed a typo |
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24 Jan 2022, 04:09 PM | #7 |
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It would have been useful if there was an option to manually add a custom header to a message. It could be used to add keywords to stored messages that would be searchable. I get lots of messages that have very little searchable content: most of the important information is implicit (the sender assumes I know what's it about, for instance because it was sent on a certain day that is close to some deadline, so there's no need to be explicit about what it is about that "an extra week is needed". Then when I want to look back and find what has been postponed and by how much, and who was permitted to be late I have nothing to search by). I have many subfolders just for the purpose of making it feasible to relocate these messages, which would be unneeded if I could just add some keywords.
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24 Jan 2022, 07:26 PM | #8 | ||
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Of course, Labels are intended to handle many of the situations where such keywords/categories are wanted. |
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25 Jan 2022, 02:49 AM | #10 | |
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You could contact support and register your proposal for an X-UserTags header in messages that could be edited through the UI. |
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