Mail documents as a record

[Daniel Shanahan]

In a kind of CRM fashion, I would like to keep track of certain emails that I send to potential clients, (usually from Craigslist ads) how many times I've written, and when to write again. This information would be visible in my dashboard of my existing system.

Now, in Bento, one can insert a mail document and it looks pretty nice. Is anything like this possible in FileMaker? In FileMaker I can create a container field and import the file, but it really is not nearly as nice as Bento. For one thing, the file looks like this: 8223.emlx rather than this: [email protected]. Also, in Bento, I can do a Quick Look and read the email. However, I am in my FileMaker db daily and it makes more sense for me to have the information there.

Does anyone know if this kind of Bento-Mail relationship is possible with FileMaker-Mail?

Thanks.

[Vaughan]

Bento has amazing Mail, iCal and Address book integration. Noting similar exists in FMP, probably because it has to maintain cross-platform compatibility.

The best way is to send and receive the mail from FMP itself: store the messages as records. FMP can send mail natively but needs a third party plug-in to receive mail.

[Daniel Shanahan]

Thanks, Vaughan. Do you recommend any particular plug-in for receiving mail?