Email Import Guide

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

Supported Formats

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

Gmail Export

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

Import Process

# Convert MBOX to markdown
npm run convert -- mbox ~/Downloads/All\ mail.mbox -o ./emails
 
# Upload to knowledge base
npm run upload -- ./emails

Filtering Emails

Use tags to organize:

npm run convert -- mbox work.mbox -t work professional
npm run convert -- mbox personal.mbox -t personal

Searching Emails

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

Privacy Considerations

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