Living Document Notice
Staged 2026-09-28. Living revisions and interconnected notes live in the Bosun PKM Garden.

Email Archival Standards and Message Thread Normalization

Archiving digital communications, email exports, and mailing list dispatches requires robust message parsing and identifier normalization. Dispatch normalizes raw email streams into structured markdown notes.

Email Invariants

  • RFC 5322 Compliance: Message headers (From, To, Subject, Date) parse into standard frontmatter fields for reliable querying.
  • Multipart Body Sanitization: HTML and plain-text message bodies convert cleanly into readable Markdown documents.
  • Contact Dossier Linking: Email addresses cross-reference directly with personal CRM contact records in Yeoman.

Standardized email archival ensures digital communication history remains searchable and integrated within the personal knowledge base.


  • Directus Target: dispatch-blog
  • Garden Source Reference: MOC - Dispatch Correspondence Engine, MOC - Yeoman Personal CRM, YMN-1001 - Personal CRM Networks