EagleFiler to the Rescue

[neonate]

@mjtsai

By default, Mail is simply viewing EagleFiler’s copy of the message.

That’s what I was hoping. Thank you.

[karlnyhus]

@neonate

When I open an email that is saved in an EagleFiler library and it opens in Apple Mail does it save that email back into Apple Mail?

No, that email stays in its location in EagleFiler. It does not move and does not return to the Apple Mail app. The Mail app’s only role is to open and display the email document until you close that email document again. EDIT: Oops, I did not read down far enough to see this had been answered.)

[neonate]

That’s fantastic. Thanks.

[Pupsino]

@karlnyhus

No, that email stays in its location in EagleFiler. It does not move and does not return to the Apple Mail app. The Mail app’s only role is to open and display

Same with archives in DT. I assume this behaviour is universal and in these instances the Mail app is basically just a viewer, like how if you open a Pages file outside iCloud it doesn’t save it to the Pages folder unless you tell it to.