Email message import from Outlook / Thunderbird and other MUAs into Logseq

Feedback Feature Requests
1

It would be great if Logseq could import emails from Outlook, Thunderbird, and other MUAs.
This would make it possible to capture email content in Logseq.

I suggest to add a command “/email”, which takes a link to a .msg/.eml file and turns it into a Logseq block, such that it can be linked to etc.

Logseq should also be a drop target for email messages, this will allow to conveniently drag messages onto a Logseq page, triggering the import command.

Messages should be physically imported into Logseq instead of just linking to be able to edit the messages in Logseq, but also to have a permanent copy of the message.

To import a message is:

  • converted into a logseq block
  • multiple parts (email chain) are split into multiple blocks, each get their own little header properties for From/To/Sent etc.
    • This allows to search for emails in Logseq and to link to individual parts of messages
  • the original email file is linked
    • this provides Logseq → MUA integration (klicking on the file will open the MUA, which allows to edit/forward etc. the message)
  • attachments are extracted and also linked
  • If possible, HTML bodies are converted to Markdown, if the formatting is too complex (tables, colors, etc.) they are included as html
  • Images are converted to Markdown image links (or in HTML bodies for more complex formatting)

This is how an imported email message could look like:

  • RE: Logseq Email Integration

    Link to original message file
    Attachments : attachment1.pdf, attachment2.pdf

    • From: user
      Sent: Monday, September 19, 2022 12:01 PM
      To: gax
      Subject: Logseq Email Integration

      Can we drag/drop email messages into Logseq?
      some image shown here

    • From: gax
      Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2022 12:01 PM
      To: user
      Subject: Logseq Email Integration

      Would be nice to copy message files into Logseq.

    • From: user
      Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2022 12:01 PM
      To: gax
      Subject: Logseq Email Integration

      How to integrate Logseq and Email?

2

Looking for the same thing. Did you ever find a solution?

3

No, unfortunately not.

4

Out of curiosity if I was to make a pluggin (not saying I would) would it be something you’d pay some amount per month for? Or not worth it?

5

If it was a one-time payment, maybe, but probably no subscription. I use logseq at work, and the bureaucracy does not make software purchases easy.