The plugin did the minimal, save the message.

But didn’t propose any options
No possibility to auto clean after X
No possibility to save attachment files
No possibility to export correctly
And Using same tables as posts looks not good for optimisation, in my opinion using specific tables would be better and easier to manage data.
No information about Spam tab, who decide message is spam? how to stop using this functionnality?

Start now to search a better plugin.

Absolutely great

Flamingo is clean, lighweight, secure and extensible.

This plugin, like Contact Form 7, is in desperate need of some better interaction/UX design and some friendlier documentation. The functionality this plugin provides should be built into Contact Form 7, and the „Subject“ and „From“ columns should be configurable easily and not some weirdo garbage like this that you have to go hunting for: https://contactform7.com/save-submitted-messages-with-flamingo/

Exporting saved messages does not include metadata, but a bunch of useful information is stored in the metadata. Trying to search or sort messages is frustrating and barely functional. If you mark a message as „not spam“, it resets the date to the current date, which is absolutely not the expected behavior.

In short, if you’re looking to use this with anything more complicated than a basic contact form, you should get another plugin.

This is a great tool for saving your emails with the corresponding website. Makes it easy for messages to be viewed by admins. Super easy to use and very handy.

Crazy to me that there’s no option to mass delete.