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Extract email attachments with original file metadata and linking

Hi, I am new to DEVONthink, so please forgive me if the answers are obvious.

I am struggling with the email import which is really important for my workflow. I know from looking through this forum that the Apple Mail scripting no longer works since Sonoma. I am using the Import feature in DEVONthink which still works for Apple Mail and I find the archiving functionality outstanding. There is only 2 big issues for me:

(1) I often need the attachments within the emails to be extracted as separate documents and they need to retain their original file metadata. However, when I manually drag and drop them from the email, the resulting documents in DEVONthink get a created date from the moment when I dragged and dropped them. It would neither be helpful if the attachments got the date from the original email (like some scripts in this forum do). I just need the correct original metadata from the email attachments (like the correct creation date of an attached contract). How do I solve this?

(2) Upon extraction of the attachment(s), the extracted files should be automatically linked to the original email they were exported from to keep the audit trail. This is also a general issue I am facing: How do I easily link two or several documents/files between each other without having to copy and paste several manual links in each document/file?

Thank you very much for your help!
Kind regards


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