EXTRACTING DATA FROM EMAIL ATTACHMENTS

A method of extracting data from email attachments comprising receiving an email in which the email comprises a data file attached thereto; receiving a keyword, in which the keyword describes at least a portion of the data file; and extracting from the data file portions of the data file that contain the keyword. A system for extracting an attachment from an email, the system comprising a server; a processor communicatively coupled with the server; a memory communicatively coupled to the server; and an application stored within the memory; in which the system receives an email comprising a data file, and with a keyword, extracts from the data file portions of the data file that contain the keyword.