diff --git a/src-ui/messages.xlf b/src-ui/messages.xlf
index d833ae3ee..21ac728b3 100644
--- a/src-ui/messages.xlf
+++ b/src-ui/messages.xlf
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@
         </context-group>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.html</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">36</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">37</context>
         </context-group>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/storage-path-edit-dialog/storage-path-edit-dialog.component.html</context>
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@
         </context-group>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.html</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">37</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">38</context>
         </context-group>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/storage-path-edit-dialog/storage-path-edit-dialog.component.html</context>
@@ -1194,141 +1194,159 @@
           <context context-type="linenumber">14</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
+      <trans-unit id="559099472394646919" datatype="html">
+        <source>Consumption scope</source>
+        <context-group purpose="location">
+          <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.html</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">15</context>
+        </context-group>
+      </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="56643687972548912" datatype="html">
         <source>See docs for .eml processing requirements</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.html</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">14</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">15</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="5488632521862493221" datatype="html">
         <source>Paperless will only process mails that match <x id="START_EMPHASISED_TEXT" ctype="x-em" equiv-text="&lt;em&gt;"/>all<x id="CLOSE_EMPHASISED_TEXT" ctype="x-em" equiv-text="&lt;/em&gt;"/> of the filters specified below.</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.html</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">17</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">18</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="6925928412364847639" datatype="html">
         <source>Filter from</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.html</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">18</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">19</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="8497813481090627874" datatype="html">
         <source>Filter subject</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.html</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">19</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">20</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="7314357616097563149" datatype="html">
         <source>Filter body</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.html</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">20</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">21</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="5031687746498952417" datatype="html">
         <source>Filter attachment filename</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.html</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">21</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">22</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="4245210767172267486" datatype="html">
         <source>Only consume documents which entirely match this filename if specified. Wildcards such as *.pdf or *invoice* are allowed. Case insensitive.</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.html</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">21</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">22</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="9216117865911519658" datatype="html">
         <source>Action</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.html</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">24</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">25</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="4274038999388817994" datatype="html">
         <source>Action is only performed when documents are consumed from the mail. Mails without attachments remain entirely untouched.</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.html</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">24</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">25</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="1261794314435932203" datatype="html">
         <source>Action parameter</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.html</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">25</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">26</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="6093797930511670257" datatype="html">
         <source>Assign title from</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.html</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">26</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">27</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="6695990587380209737" datatype="html">
         <source>Assign document type</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.html</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">28</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">29</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="4754802869258527587" datatype="html">
         <source>Assign correspondent from</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.html</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">29</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">30</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="4875491778188965469" datatype="html">
         <source>Assign correspondent</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.html</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">30</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">31</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="1519954996184640001" datatype="html">
         <source>Error</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.html</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">35</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">36</context>
         </context-group>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/services/toast.service.ts</context>
           <context context-type="linenumber">32</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
-      <trans-unit id="6233529027580744166" datatype="html">
-        <source>Only process attachments.</source>
+      <trans-unit id="6886003843406464884" datatype="html">
+        <source>Only process attachments</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">24</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">25</context>
+        </context-group>
+        <context-group purpose="location">
+          <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">36</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
-      <trans-unit id="3622418743488695840" datatype="html">
-        <source>Process with embedded attachments as .eml</source>
+      <trans-unit id="936923743212522897" datatype="html">
+        <source>Process all files, including &apos;inline&apos; attachments</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">28</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">29</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
-      <trans-unit id="7205371824972320534" datatype="html">
-        <source>Process as .eml and attachments as separate documents</source>
+      <trans-unit id="9025522236384167767" datatype="html">
+        <source>Process message as .eml</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">32</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">40</context>
+        </context-group>
+      </trans-unit>
+      <trans-unit id="7411485377918318115" datatype="html">
+        <source>Process message as .eml and attachments separately</source>
+        <context-group purpose="location">
+          <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">44</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="7022070615528435141" datatype="html">
         <source>Delete</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">39</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">51</context>
         </context-group>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html</context>
@@ -1391,84 +1409,84 @@
         <source>Move to specified folder</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">43</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">55</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="4593278936733161020" datatype="html">
         <source>Mark as read, don&apos;t process read mails</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">47</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">59</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="2378921144019636516" datatype="html">
         <source>Flag the mail, don&apos;t process flagged mails</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">51</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">63</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="6457024618858980302" datatype="html">
         <source>Tag the mail with specified tag, don&apos;t process tagged mails</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">55</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">67</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="4673329664686432878" datatype="html">
         <source>Use subject as title</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">62</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">74</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="8645471396972938185" datatype="html">
         <source>Use attachment filename as title</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">66</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">78</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="1568902914205618549" datatype="html">
         <source>Do not assign a correspondent</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">73</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">85</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="3567746385454588269" datatype="html">
         <source>Use mail address</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">77</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">89</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="445154175758965852" datatype="html">
         <source>Use name (or mail address if not available)</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">81</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">93</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="1258862217749148424" datatype="html">
         <source>Use correspondent selected below</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">85</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">97</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="3147349817770432927" datatype="html">
         <source>Create new mail rule</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">125</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">137</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="3374331029704382439" datatype="html">
         <source>Edit mail rule</source>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.ts</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">129</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">141</context>
         </context-group>
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="6036319582202941456" datatype="html">
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.html
index 4af044407..64d54a72c 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.html
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
         <app-input-select i18n-title title="Account" [items]="accounts" formControlName="account"></app-input-select>
         <app-input-text i18n-title title="Folder" formControlName="folder" i18n-hint hint="Subfolders must be separated by a delimiter, often a dot ('.') or slash ('/'), but it varies by mail server." [error]="error?.folder"></app-input-text>
         <app-input-number i18n-title title="Maximum age (days)" formControlName="maximum_age" [showAdd]="false" [error]="error?.maximum_age"></app-input-number>
-        <app-input-select i18n-title title="Attachment type" [items]="attachmentTypeOptions" formControlName="attachment_type" i18n-hint hint="See docs for .eml processing requirements"></app-input-select>
+        <app-input-select i18n-title title="Attachment type" [items]="attachmentTypeOptions" formControlName="attachment_type"></app-input-select>
+        <app-input-select i18n-title title="Consumption scope" [items]="consumptionScopeOptions" formControlName="consumption_scope" i18n-hint hint="See docs for .eml processing requirements"></app-input-select>
       </div>
       <div class="col">
         <p class="small" i18n>Paperless will only process mails that match <em>all</em> of the filters specified below.</p>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.ts
index a2486e141..63699fd66 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog/mail-rule-edit-dialog.component.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   MailMetadataCorrespondentOption,
   MailMetadataTitleOption,
   PaperlessMailRule,
+  MailRuleConsumptionScope,
 } from 'src/app/data/paperless-mail-rule'
 import { CorrespondentService } from 'src/app/services/rest/correspondent.service'
 import { DocumentTypeService } from 'src/app/services/rest/document-type.service'
@@ -21,15 +22,26 @@ import { MailRuleService } from 'src/app/services/rest/mail-rule.service'
 const ATTACHMENT_TYPE_OPTIONS = [
   {
     id: MailFilterAttachmentType.Attachments,
-    name: $localize`Only process attachments.`,
-  },
-  {
-    id: MailFilterAttachmentType.Email_Only,
-    name: $localize`Process with embedded attachments as .eml`,
+    name: $localize`Only process attachments`,
   },
   {
     id: MailFilterAttachmentType.Everything,
-    name: $localize`Process as .eml and attachments as separate documents`,
+    name: $localize`Process all files, including 'inline' attachments`,
+  },
+]
+
+const CONSUMPTION_SCOPE_OPTIONS = [
+  {
+    id: MailRuleConsumptionScope.Attachments,
+    name: $localize`Only process attachments`,
+  },
+  {
+    id: MailRuleConsumptionScope.Email_Only,
+    name: $localize`Process message as .eml`,
+  },
+  {
+    id: MailRuleConsumptionScope.Everything,
+    name: $localize`Process message as .eml and attachments separately`,
   },
 ]
 
@@ -140,6 +152,7 @@ export class MailRuleEditDialogComponent extends EditDialogComponent<PaperlessMa
       filter_attachment_filename: new FormControl(null),
       maximum_age: new FormControl(null),
       attachment_type: new FormControl(MailFilterAttachmentType.Attachments),
+      consumption_scope: new FormControl(MailRuleConsumptionScope.Attachments),
       action: new FormControl(MailAction.MarkRead),
       action_parameter: new FormControl(null),
       assign_title_from: new FormControl(MailMetadataTitleOption.FromSubject),
@@ -181,4 +194,8 @@ export class MailRuleEditDialogComponent extends EditDialogComponent<PaperlessMa
   get metadataCorrespondentOptions() {
     return METADATA_CORRESPONDENT_OPTIONS
   }
+
+  get consumptionScopeOptions() {
+    return CONSUMPTION_SCOPE_OPTIONS
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/data/paperless-mail-rule.ts b/src-ui/src/app/data/paperless-mail-rule.ts
index 1c9f1be7b..9f526d404 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/data/paperless-mail-rule.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/data/paperless-mail-rule.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import { ObjectWithId } from './object-with-id'
 
 export enum MailFilterAttachmentType {
+  Attachments = 1,
+  Everything = 2,
+}
+
+export enum MailRuleConsumptionScope {
   Attachments = 1,
   Email_Only = 2,
   Everything = 3,
diff --git a/src/paperless_mail/serialisers.py b/src/paperless_mail/serialisers.py
index 5944656a7..0d15f617c 100644
--- a/src/paperless_mail/serialisers.py
+++ b/src/paperless_mail/serialisers.py
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ class MailRuleSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
             "assign_document_type",
             "order",
             "attachment_type",
+            "consumption_scope",
         ]
 
     def update(self, instance, validated_data):