Turning email into work
File an email against a project or a task, or extract proposed tasks from it.
The Add to Noot control on a message is a three-way choice, and each option says what it will do before you commit.
| Option | What happens |
|---|---|
| To Noot | Files the email against a project. |
| To task | Files an attached copy of the email as a comment on a task you pick. |
| Extract | Reads the email and adds proposed tasks to a project. |
Attaching to a task
The attachment is a snapshot copy — subject, sender and message text — so it survives the mailbox being disconnected or the original being deleted. Because it lands as a comment, it notifies watchers and appears in the task's activity like any other discussion.
Extracting tasks
Extraction adds new tasks labelled mail, each naming the email it came from.
It doesn't move dates, change statuses or reassign anything. An email is one side of a conversation and often comes from outside your company — it's evidence, not authority.
It also prefers omitting to guessing, so a low-signal email can legitimately produce nothing. That isn't a failure — it's the same judgement you'd apply reading it yourself.
Replying about a time
When an email proposes a time you can't do, the suggested alternatives are filtered by both your calendar and everyone's real working hours in their own timezone — the same availability engine the calendar's Find a time uses, so mail and calendar can never disagree about when someone is free.