# Import Previous Emails

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-previous-emails/96035>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** planned\
**Created:** [August 30, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-previous-emails/96035 "2018-08-30T19:47:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![nathank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nathank/32/290039_2.png) [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 6:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-previous-emails/96035/14 "2024-07-24T06:06:13Z")

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Revisiting this, I’m often finding myself part of email chains that would do much better in Discourse. Is this still on the radar (clearly IMAP didn’t fly).

Parsing them correctly would be jolly difficult. I’ve done the odd one myself manually, which is doable but tricky (especially with time).

I do wonder if a semi-automated process / plugin would do the job quite nicely. I’m thinking:

1. Title / Category
2. A date / time picker
3. A user selector which allows creation of staged users
4. Post text that can be copied in
5. The ability to add as many replies as needed with the same stuff

This then generates a topic / replies (without notifications) as a done deal.

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