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# Emails and Einstein Activity Capture

Discover how Einstein Activity Capture handles your email data after it’s captured.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available with Einstein Activity Capture Standard in Sales in <strong>Starter</strong>, <strong>Pro Suite</strong>, <strong>Professional</strong>, and <strong>Enterprise</strong> Editions</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available with <strong>Unlimited </strong>Edition, <strong>Einstein 1 Sales Edition</strong>, and <strong>Agentforce 1 Edition</strong></td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available with Einstein for Sales, which is included in <strong>Einstein 1 Sales Edition</strong> and available for an extra cost in <strong>Enterprise</strong> and <strong>Unlimited</strong> Editions</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available with Sales Engagement, which is included with Sales in <strong>Performance</strong> and <strong>Unlimited</strong> Editions, and available for an extra cost in <strong>Professional</strong> and <strong>Enterprise</strong> Editions</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available with Revenue Intelligence, which is available for an extra cost in <strong>Enterprise</strong> and <strong>Unlimited</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-sales-sales_productivity-264-0-0-production-enus/b2f6c36a-fa61-4a3c-9752-032ce1818a69/images/icon_note.png)

Note We’re reorganizing the Einstein Activity Capture documentation. We’re moving some information around, but we aren’t deleting anything.

The Einstein Activity Capture configuration settings control which data is captured from your connected account. Salesforce admins manage these settings and can learn about customization options in [Set Up Einstein Activity Capture for Your Team](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.aac_setup_parent.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Get your sales reps up and running with Einstein Activity Capture. Give users access to Einstein Activity Capture. Connect your company’s email and calendar application to Salesforce, and create a configuration that controls how data moves between applications. Define settings such as which data to exclude and how activities are shared. When you’re done configuring Einstein Activity Capture, your users have some setup to do, too."). To learn how to use your captured data in Salesforce, read [Automate Your Workflow with Einstein Activity Capture](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.aac_use_eac.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Einstein Activity Capture reduces manual data entry and provides a complete view of your relationship history. Connect your Microsoft or Google account to Salesforce to capture emails and calendar events and relate them to your sales records automatically. Manage your privacy settings to control how activity data appears to teammates while ensuring customer interactions remain current.").

- **[Guidelines for Using Sync Email as Salesforce Activity](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.eac_email_activity.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    When Sync Email as Salesforce Activity is enabled, Einstein Activity Capture captures and stores email data as Salesforce records. It gets associated with a relevant user, contact, or lead record and a related account or opportunity. You can use the email data in reports, workflows, and triggers and access the data through APIs. There’s also more privacy options for email capture and customizable flows for matching your email to other records.
- **[How Email Activity Matches with Other Records](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.eac_email_activity_flow.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Einstein Activity Capture tries to associate each address in the From, To, and CC on an email to user, contact, or lead records. The addresses and related activity are also matched with account and opportunity records. The default matching logic considers record ownership, recent activity, and other factors to connect new addresses and activity to your existing data.
- **[Header Only Email Capture with Sync Email as Salesforce Activity](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.eac_email_activity_advancedsettings.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    When the header only setting is turned on, capture only the sender, recipients, date, and time an email is sent. The email subject and message body aren’t captured. Header only email capture offers more privacy but isn’t compatible with some Einstein generative AI features.
- **[Considerations for Sync Email as Salesforce Activity](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.eac_email_activity_considerations.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Keep these limits and considerations in mind when Sync Email as Salesforce Activity is enabled in Einstein Activity Capture and using Activities: Match Email to Records flow to match captured email data to existing records.
- **[Using Emails Without Sync Email as Salesforce Activity in Einstein Activity Capture](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.aac_guidelines.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    This information is relevant only to versions of Einstein Activity Capture set up before the Summer ’25 release and that haven't updated to Sync Email as Salesforce Activity. If you have a newer version of Einstein Activity Capture or have migrated email to sync as activity, this information doesn't apply to you.

#### See Also

- [Automate Your Workflow with Einstein Activity Capture](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.aac_use_eac.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Einstein Activity Capture reduces manual data entry and provides a complete view of your relationship history. Connect your Microsoft or Google account to Salesforce to capture emails and calendar events and relate them to your sales records automatically. Manage your privacy settings to control how activity data appears to teammates while ensuring customer interactions remain current.")
- [Einstein Activity Capture](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.einstein_sales_aac.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Eliminate manual data entry and transform a list of engagements into action. Einstein Activity Capture syncs your Microsoft or Google account with Salesforce, linking email and calendar activities to the relevant contacts, leads, and opportunities. Einstein Activity Capture gives your team and AI agents the critical context needed to make their next move.")