Email Import Guide

Import your email archives into textrawl for AI-powered search across your correspondence.

Supported FormatsCopy Anchor Link

• MBOX: Gmail exports, Thunderbird backups
• EML: Individual email files
• ZIP: Google Takeout archives

Gmail ExportCopy Anchor Link

1. Go to Google Takeout
2. Select only "Mail"
3. Choose MBOX format
4. Download the archive

Import ProcessCopy Anchor Link

# Convert MBOX to markdown
pnpm convert -- mbox ~/Downloads/All\ mail.mbox -o ./emails

# Upload to knowledge base
pnpm upload -- ./emails

Filtering EmailsCopy Anchor Link

Use tags to organize:

pnpm convert -- mbox work.mbox -t work professional
pnpm convert -- mbox personal.mbox -t personal

Searching EmailsCopy Anchor Link

"Find emails from John about the project deadline"
"What did marketing say about Q4 budget?"

Privacy ConsiderationsCopy Anchor Link

• Emails are stored in your Postgres database
• Embeddings go through OpenAI/Ollama
• Consider Ollama for sensitive data