Creating and updating digital notes via electronic messages

A method for creating digital notes, the method comprising:

• receiving, with an electronic processor, an electronic message from a user to an electronic messaging address, the electronic message including content;
• determining, with the electronic processor, whether the electronic messaging address is associated with the user;
• in response to the electronic messaging address being associated with the user, automatically, with the electronic processor, creating a digital note including at least a portion of the content included in the electronic message;
• receiving, with the electronic processor, an update to the digital note via a note-taking application, the note-taking application being separate from an electronic communication application displaying the electronic message;
• and
• automatically, with the electronic processor, updating the content included in the electronic message based on the update to the digital note.

Non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by an electronic processor, perform a set of functions, the set of functions comprising:

• receiving an electronic message from a user to an electronic messaging address, the electronic message including content and accessible via an email application;
• determining whether the electronic messaging address is associated with the user;
• in response to the electronic messaging address being associated with the user, automatically creating a digital note including at least a portion of the content included in the electronic message and adding a link to the digital note to the content of the electronic message as received by the user, the link selectable by the user to access the digital note within a note-taking application;
• receiving a reply to the electronic message from the user;
• and
• automatically updating the digital note based on the reply.