I’m new to Obsidian (ex Evernote user) and was wondering if there was any way of forwarding emails to an address that saves those emails to notes in Obsidian?
One of the main features I miss most (only one of few lol).
Many thanks!
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Not built-in. I’d guess there’s no plugin either, but you could search in Settings > Community Plugins > Browse.
Unlike Evernote which stores your notes on a web server, Obsidian stores your notes as text files on your device. So to get something into your vault you just need to be able to save it as a file in your vault folder (an .md file or one of the supported attachment types if you want it to open in Obsidian).
If your email app lets you save emails as files you could save them to your vault folder, tho they wont open in Obsidian (Obsidian will send them to your default app for that file type). Since they’re probably a kind of text file, if the Save dialogue allows it you could change the file extension to .md so they’ll open in Obsidian.
If you’re using a cloud service to sync your vault, there may be a way to forward the email to that service (possibly via something like Zapier or IFTTT).
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I have not tried this implementation yet, but there is a medium post on this topic:
Email Notes to Obsidian | by Patrick Berry.
The vault is stored on a Cloud Drive (Microsoft OneDrive) and uses IFTTT as suggested by CawlinTeffid.
The author also suggests it is possible to
Create an Obsidian plugin to automatically download linked attachments
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There is a new plugin Omnivore (as a read-it-later app). It can provide an email address to collect emails. you just need to sync obsidian with Omnivore from time to time.
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Not anymore. Omnivore got bought out and decommissioned 
I do it via Reader (Readwise).
- Forwarding the email to my Reader’s email account
- Highlighting all I want
- Sync Readwise from my Vault
It’s maybe a large process, tho.
I have macOS, so I’ve set up Apple Mail with an automation-specific email address and created an AppleScript-based mail rule that runs whenever new messages with specific keywords arrive in the inbox. Depending on the type of message those keywords indicate, it will either convert the message into a markdown file (saved to a specific folder in my vault) or append the subject line to a task-inbox note I’ve specified.
After working out a number of coding kinks it’s so far, so good!
We have just built a new plugin called Sync Emails to help you save email message to Obsidian as markdown files.
You just need to setup the plugin in Obsidian and then forward your emails to a forwarding address of your choice, then you can trigger an email sync in Obsidian to download all your emails.
Emails are organized in folders to mimic an inbox concept, and the email message content is stored in an markdown file. There’s also image support for HTML emails. Email attachments are also downloaded to the same email folder.
Give it a try and let us know how you like it!
(Please note that this is a paid plugin with a 7-day free trial, plans start at $2.49/month)