{"id":10163,"date":"2011-05-10T04:00:08","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T09:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhyatt.com\/?p=10163"},"modified":"2011-05-10T04:00:08","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T09:00:08","slug":"how-to-email-your-documents-directly-to-evernote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fullfocus.co\/how-to-email-your-documents-directly-to-evernote\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Email Your Documents Directly to Evernote"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since making the decision to go paperless, I have gained a lot of experience with Evernote<\/a>. It has become my digital filing cabinet for literally everything. As a result, I am now working in a clutter-free environment.<\/p>\n

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Once you have organized Evernote for maximum efficiency<\/a>, it is time to start filing your documents into Evernote’s digital repository. There are a number of tools for doing this. However, I find that I use the email-to-Evernote function more than almost any other method.<\/p>\n

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Yet, surprisingly, I have met many Evernote<\/a> users who don’t even know this capability exists. Once you get the hang of it, this input method transforms Evernote from an interesting software application to an indispensable<\/em> one.<\/p>\n

Here are five steps you need to take to use this feature:<\/p>\n

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  1. Find your unique Evernote email address.<\/strong> When you signup for an Evernote account—whether free or premium—you are assigned a unique email address. You can find this in the desktop version of Evernote under Evernote | Account Info. Your email address will look similar to this:\n
    [username].12345@m.evernote.com [example only]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  2. Add this address to your contact list.<\/strong> I created a new contact in my Address Book called, “Evernote” and assigned this email address to it. Now when I want to send a message to Evernote for forward an email I have received, I simply send it to my new Evernote contact.<\/li>\n
  3. Set your default notebook in Evernote.<\/strong> When you email something to Evernote, it is automatically filed in your default notebook. Mine goes to a notebook named “!Inbox.” (I start it with an exclamation point, so that it appears at the top of the sorted list of notebooks.) However, you can set this to anything you want. You can do this in the desktop version of Evernote under Preferences | Clipping.<\/li>\n
  4. Learn the email syntax.<\/strong> You can simply forward items to your default notebook and then move and tag the note within Evernote itself. However, it is far easier<\/em> if you learn how to do this in the subject line of the email itself. Here’s how:\n