E-mail import of a list - set due date and priorities
yonah says:
Is there any way to set due dates and/or priorities when e-mailing a list to myself? either as a group or for individual tasks?
yonah says:
... or better yet. Is there a way for me to e-mail into a smart list?
You can use the smart add syntax when e-mailing tasks. Read more here: www.rememberthemilk.com/services/smartadd/
In order for a task to be seen in a smart list (it resides in a regular list) it must meet the smart list criteria. Perhaps, if your smart list has un-ambigouos criteria it can work directly, otherwise you have to set all the meta-info in order for it to be seen in a certain smart list.
Most smart lists have ambigouos criteria in my experience (dueBefore:tomorrow for instance)
RTM: There is no help to be found about Smart Add, I had to use Google to find the info under Services.
In order for a task to be seen in a smart list (it resides in a regular list) it must meet the smart list criteria. Perhaps, if your smart list has un-ambigouos criteria it can work directly, otherwise you have to set all the meta-info in order for it to be seen in a certain smart list.
Most smart lists have ambigouos criteria in my experience (dueBefore:tomorrow for instance)
RTM: There is no help to be found about Smart Add, I had to use Google to find the info under Services.
yonah says:
Rajjan,
Thanks for the tip! For others reading this, looking for a specific answer, each line in the e-mail list needs to use the smart add syntax, i.e. The standard syntax for adding a list of items is that the subject is your list name and then each line item is the task name. So if you wanted to specify a list of items to your 'Personal' list to be done at home today, your e-mail would look like this:
Subject: Personal
Task 1 ^today @home
Task 2 ^today @home
etc.
Thanks for the tip! For others reading this, looking for a specific answer, each line in the e-mail list needs to use the smart add syntax, i.e. The standard syntax for adding a list of items is that the subject is your list name and then each line item is the task name. So if you wanted to specify a list of items to your 'Personal' list to be done at home today, your e-mail would look like this:
Subject: Personal
Task 1 ^today @home
Task 2 ^today @home
etc.
andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:
In addition to what has already been discussed above, our email page offers some examples of this under "How to import a list via email".
Hope this helps!
rajjan, thanks for your feedback about looking for Smart Add under Help. :)
Hope this helps!
rajjan, thanks for your feedback about looking for Smart Add under Help. :)
In addition to this, the email page mentioned above could include a new section, describing how to add several tasks at once using the smart add syntax.
It's excellent for bulk adding of tasks, maybe kept in an e-mail template or created from an Excel file where a project due date could change the due date for the individual tasks automatically.
It's excellent for bulk adding of tasks, maybe kept in an e-mail template or created from an Excel file where a project due date could change the due date for the individual tasks automatically.
andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:
rajjan,
The "How to import a list via email" section includes multiple tasks using Smart Add syntax, but this could be improved; thanks for the feedback!
The "How to import a list via email" section includes multiple tasks using Smart Add syntax, but this could be improved; thanks for the feedback!
yonah says:
Thanks to both of you for your help - this is awesome. It's makes shopping lists easier, and now I always 'Remember the Milk' :)