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This feature makes it easy to add tasks (or entire lists of tasks!) to Remember The Milk just by sending an email to a special address. Read this page to learn all the details, and if you have any questions or run into any problems, be sure to check out the FAQ and Troubleshooting pages.
First, you'll need your Inbox Email Address: each email sent to this special address is automatically converted into a task, and added to your Remember The Milk account. You can find this address in your welcome email or in the 'Settings' section when logged into this site; it looks something like this:
username+abc123@rmilk.com
There are two different ways to use this feature. Read on to learn more, and pick whichever method you're most comfortable with.
To add a task via email this way, just send an email to your Inbox Email Address with your task details in the subject. You can include only the task name, or, if you're feeling a little more advanced, you can can use the Smart Add syntax to include the task name, due date, and other task properties all on one line.
Subject: Take out the trash To: [Your Remember The Milk inbox email address]
Result: A task named "Take out the trash" will be added to your default list.
Subject: Take out the trash Monday at 8pm !1 *weekly =15min #Personal #errand To: [Your Remember The Milk inbox email address]
Result: A task named "Take out the trash" will be added to your Personal List (with the properties due Monday at 8pm, high priority, repeat weekly, time estimate 15 minutes, tagged "errand").
To add notes, simply include the note content in the email body. Separate multiple notes with '---' (three hyphens).
Subject: Take out the trash To: [Your Remember The Milk inbox email address] This is a heading for the first note. This is the first note's content. --- This is a heading for the second note. This is the second note's content.
Result: A task named "Take out the trash" will be added to your default list. It will have two notes.
This way allows you to send an email to your Inbox Email Address with your task name in the subject, but each of the task properties specified separately in the email body.
The subject should be the task name (and only the task name!).
The body can include any of the following (or can be empty):
Priority: 1 (shortcut: P)
Due: Monday at 8pm (shortcut: D)
Repeat: Every Week (shortcut: R)
Estimate: 2 hours (shortcut: E)
Tags: errand trash (shortcut: S)
Location: Home (shortcut: O)
URL: http://www.rememberthemilk.com/ (shortcut: U)
Your task will be added to your default list. To add the task to a different list:
List: Work (shortcut: L)
Optionally, if you're unable to specify the subject of your email, you can use the following to specify the task name:
Task: Take out the trash (shortcut: T)
Notes can be included at the bottom of the email, separated from both the task details and each other with '---' (three hyphens).
Subject: Take out the trash To: [Your Remember The Milk inbox email address] Priority: 1 Due: Monday at 8pm Repeat: Every Week Estimate: 15 min Tags: errand --- This is a heading for the first note. This is the first note's content. --- This is a heading for the second note. This is the second note's content.
Result: A task named "Take out the trash" will be added to your default list (with the properties high priority, due Monday at 8pm, repeat weekly, time estimate 15 minutes, tagged "errand"). It will have two notes.
To use the shortcuts for the above task properties, just replace the full property name with the shortcut letter.
Subject: Take out the trash To: [Your Remember The Milk inbox email address] P: 1 D: Monday at 8pm R: Every Week E: 15 min S: errand
Result: A task named "Take out the trash" will be added to your default list (with the properties high priority, due Monday at 8pm, repeat weekly, time estimate 15 minutes, tagged "errand").
First, you'll need your Import Email Address: this email address allows you to import an entire list of tasks into Remember The Milk via email. You can find this address in your welcome email or in the 'Settings' section when logged into this site; it looks something like this:
username+abc123+import@rmilk.com
The subject should be the list where you want tasks to appear (if left empty, tasks will appear in your default list).
The body should contain a list of tasks (one task per line). You can use the Smart Add syntax to include the task name, due date, and other task properties all on one line. If you include bullet characters (e.g. * or #) at the start of each line, they will automatically be removed.
Note: If your email client is set to automatically wrap lines (a common setting is to wrap at 72 characters), tasks that are longer than 72 characters will be split over multiple lines, and will import as multiple tasks. If this happens, try disabling wrapping in your email client.
Subject: Personal To: [Your Remember The Milk import email address] Buy birthday present for Mike today Pay the phone bill tomorrow Make dentist appointment on Tuesday #errand Pick up the milk tomorrow @Supermarket
If your email automatically contains a signature or disclaimer, you may encounter some unexpected results with this feature (your signature might be imported into Remember The Milk as new tasks or notes). To avoid this, simply include '-end-' on a line by itself before your signature, and everything after this line will be ignored.
Subject: Personal To: [Your Remember The Milk import email address] Buy birthday present for Mike today Pay the phone bill tomorrow -end- Bob T. Monkey President, ACME Corporation
