Search mail attachments clarification

Hello :wave:

I import my mails into DT. Lots of these mails has attachments (pdf for the most), and I like to be able to search for words/phrases in these files. Searching through the community here, I can find rather old topics about the subject, and a single one from 2021. I have done some testing and when I search for a phrase that I know exists in an attachment, DT finds the appropriate mail just fine. I doesn’t show me the file itself though.

My question:
Is DT searching the attachments as my own test suggest, or would it be better to extract the files as described in the other topics about the subject?

https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/separate-imported-e-mail-attachments-for-better-search/64412
https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-to-search-email-attachments/14996

Thanks in advance for any input :pray:

/ jakob

The Pro/Server editions of DEVONthink 3 index the text of attachments indeed and therefore it’s searchable.

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