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Change the email accounts “Description” field in Settings > Accounts you created the DEVONthink folder in to Mail Hub (or keep description in mind, you’ll need it later).Turn on the Apple Mail plugin (in Apple Mail > Settings > General tab > Manage plugins).Create two subfolders inside DEVONthink (via right-click on the folder > “New mailbox…”) and name them Incoming and Outgoing (we’ll also import sent emails, so let’s keep them separate).Create a folder (via + button when hovering over account name) in one of your email accounts and name it exactly DEVONthink (that’s where we’ll move emails as a backup).

Set up one or multiple email accounts you want to forward emails from to DEVONthink in Apple Mail.

Setup the Sync for the database you want to import the emails to (out of scope for this guide).

Install the additional tools you need (like OCR) and make sure to include the Apple Mail plugin & scripts.

Download & install DEVONthink Pro on the always-on Mac (adjust import preferences if needed).

Step 1: Setting up DEVONthink on the always-on Mac It’s based on Apple Mail rules and a single line of code adjustment in DEVONthinks’ pre-shipped AppleScript files. If none of these hold you back (like in my case, because I already use a Mac mini as a media server + for backups), then read on to learn about how my solution works.

And you need a DEVONthink seat in your license (thankfully, all licenses come with 2 seats = 2 devices – so if you’re using DT on only one Mac, your existing license should do – otherwise you have to buy one for currently $99).

Otherwise, Apple Mail rules won’t work reliably.

You need an always-on Mac running as a “server”, such as a Mac mini.After trying out a lot of different approaches and seeing most of them fail, I finally found a solution that works for me which I want to share. But I couldn’t find any solution that seemed to work reliably and was easy to maintain at the same time.

I found many topics on this forum where people try to find a reliable way of importing all emails into DEVONthink automatically to handle them in the inbox there using its advanced categorization features.