Great! Since you’re working on a shortcut to scrape your mail contents into a text file, here’s a general outline of the steps you’d include using the Shortcuts app on iOS/macOS:
🔧 Shortcut Steps to Scrape Mail Content to a Text File:
- Get Email Addresses from Input (optional)
If you’re targeting specific senders or recipients. - Open Mailbox
Choose the mailbox (e.g., Inbox, VIP, etc.). - Search in Mail
Add filters (e.g., From, Subject, Date) to refine the emails you’re scraping. - Select Email Address (optional)
Choose emails based on sender/recipient address. - Get Details of Mail Messages
Extract the subject, sender, body, date, etc. - Combine Text
Format the content into a plain text format (e.g., combining subject + date + body for each email). - Create File / Save File
Save the final text into a .txt file in iCloud Drive, local storage, or another app (like Notes or Dropbox).
✅ Example Pseudocode in Shortcuts:
- Find Mail → Filter by “Inbox”, “Last 5 Emails”, optionally with criteria.
- Repeat with Each → Email found
- Get Subject
- Get Date
- Get Body
- Combine as “Subject – Date\nBody\n\n”
Combine All Results Save File → Name: MailExport.txt, Location: iCloud Drive or Downloads
Would you like me to generate the exact step-by-step instructions or a downloadable .shortcut file for you? Also, are you doing this on iPhone, iPad, or Mac?
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