When you use Joplin Cloud's email-to-note feature, the email gets converted into a new note and added to your Joplin account. By default, it is placed in the root notebook, or more specifically, the first notebook listed in your account if one isn't specified.

🗂 Can it go into a sub-notebook (or specific notebook)?

Yes, but only if you include the notebook name in the subject line of the email—with some limitations:

✅ How to specify a notebook or sub-notebook:

You can manually route the note by putting the target notebook name in square brackets in the subject line. For example:

Subject: [Work/Projects] Weekly status update

This would place the note into the "Projects" sub-notebook inside the "Work" parent notebook—if it exists.

📝 Important Notes:

If the full path [Work/Projects] does not match an existing notebook hierarchy, the note will default to the root or top-level notebook.

The notebook path is case-sensitive and must match exactly.

If the notebook hierarchy changes after you've used it, the routing will break and default again to the fallback notebook.

You can only assign one notebook per email.

🛠 Example Email:

To: your-joplin-email@joplincloud.com Subject: [Personal/Journal] June 21 Notes Body: Content of your note

This would file the note under:

Personal └── Journal └── June 21 Notes (note)

🔒 Tip:

To find or confirm your notebooks’ names and hierarchy, open the Joplin desktop or mobile app and look at the left panel. That helps avoid mismatches.

Let me know if you want a script or tool to automate creating structured email notes with correct routing.