diff --git a/packages/api/src/generated/graphql.ts b/packages/api/src/generated/graphql.ts
index cd4b67b31..ee17f1843 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/generated/graphql.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/generated/graphql.ts
@@ -3734,7 +3734,6 @@ export type User = {
   __typename?: 'User';
   email?: Maybe<Scalars['String']>;
   featureList?: Maybe<Array<Feature>>;
-  features?: Maybe<Array<Maybe<Scalars['String']>>>;
   followersCount?: Maybe<Scalars['Int']>;
   friendsCount?: Maybe<Scalars['Int']>;
   id: Scalars['ID'];
@@ -7203,7 +7202,6 @@ export type UploadImportFileSuccessResolvers<ContextType = ResolverContext, Pare
 export type UserResolvers<ContextType = ResolverContext, ParentType extends ResolversParentTypes['User'] = ResolversParentTypes['User']> = {
   email?: Resolver<Maybe<ResolversTypes['String']>, ParentType, ContextType>;
   featureList?: Resolver<Maybe<Array<ResolversTypes['Feature']>>, ParentType, ContextType>;
-  features?: Resolver<Maybe<Array<Maybe<ResolversTypes['String']>>>, ParentType, ContextType>;
   followersCount?: Resolver<Maybe<ResolversTypes['Int']>, ParentType, ContextType>;
   friendsCount?: Resolver<Maybe<ResolversTypes['Int']>, ParentType, ContextType>;
   id?: Resolver<ResolversTypes['ID'], ParentType, ContextType>;
diff --git a/packages/api/src/generated/schema.graphql b/packages/api/src/generated/schema.graphql
index e48fe3cff..2e6be1a96 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/generated/schema.graphql
+++ b/packages/api/src/generated/schema.graphql
@@ -3014,7 +3014,6 @@ enum UploadImportFileType {
 type User {
   email: String
   featureList: [Feature!]
-  features: [String]
   followersCount: Int
   friendsCount: Int
   id: ID!
diff --git a/packages/api/src/jobs/email/inbound_emails.ts b/packages/api/src/jobs/email/inbound_emails.ts
index db8fc02eb..ab953e6af 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/jobs/email/inbound_emails.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/jobs/email/inbound_emails.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export const forwardEmailJob = async (data: EmailJobData) => {
     )
   ) {
     logger.info('handling as article')
-    const savedNewsletter = await saveNewsletter(
+    return saveNewsletter(
       {
         title: getTitleFromEmailSubject(subject),
         author: parsedFrom.name || from,
@@ -105,15 +105,6 @@ export const forwardEmailJob = async (data: EmailJobData) => {
       },
       newsletterEmail
     )
-    if (!savedNewsletter) {
-      logger.error('Failed to save email', { from, to, subject })
-      return false
-    }
-
-    // update received email type
-    await updateReceivedEmail(receivedEmailId, 'article', user.id)
-
-    return true
   }
 
   analytics.capture({
@@ -166,7 +157,7 @@ export const saveNewsletterJob = async (data: EmailJobData) => {
     text,
     html,
     user.id,
-    'article',
+    'non-article', // default to non-article
     replyTo
   )
 
@@ -178,6 +169,11 @@ export const saveNewsletterJob = async (data: EmailJobData) => {
       newsletterEmail.user.id
     )
 
+    if (result) {
+      // update received email type
+      await updateReceivedEmail(receivedEmailId, 'article', user.id)
+    }
+
     return result
   }
 
@@ -205,7 +201,7 @@ export const saveNewsletterJob = async (data: EmailJobData) => {
   }
 
   // save newsletter instead
-  const result = await saveNewsletter(
+  return saveNewsletter(
     {
       email: newsletterEmail.address,
       content,
@@ -219,8 +215,6 @@ export const saveNewsletterJob = async (data: EmailJobData) => {
     },
     newsletterEmail
   )
-
-  return result
 }
 
 export const saveAttachmentJob = async (data: EmailJobData) => {
@@ -235,14 +229,14 @@ export const saveAttachmentJob = async (data: EmailJobData) => {
   }
 
   const user = newsletterEmail.user
-  await saveReceivedEmail(
+  const receivedEmail = await saveReceivedEmail(
     from,
     to,
     subject,
     text,
     html,
     user.id,
-    'article',
+    'non-article',
     replyTo
   )
 
@@ -250,6 +244,7 @@ export const saveAttachmentJob = async (data: EmailJobData) => {
     (tx) =>
       tx.getRepository(UploadFile).save({
         ...uploadFile,
+        url: '', // no url for email attachments
         status: UploadFileStatus.Completed,
         user: { id: user.id },
       }),
@@ -292,6 +287,9 @@ export const saveAttachmentJob = async (data: EmailJobData) => {
 
   await createOrUpdateLibraryItem(itemToCreate, user.id)
 
+  // update received email type
+  await updateReceivedEmail(receivedEmail.id, 'article', user.id)
+
   return true
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts
index 95bd3e219..0756bf07e 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/function_resolvers.ts
@@ -384,17 +384,6 @@ export const functionResolvers = {
 
       return findUserFeatures(ctx.claims.uid)
     },
-    async features(
-      user: User,
-      __: Record<string, unknown>,
-      ctx: WithDataSourcesContext
-    ) {
-      if (!ctx.claims?.uid) {
-        return undefined
-      }
-
-      return (await findUserFeatures(ctx.claims.uid)).map((f) => f.name)
-    },
   },
   Article: {
     async url(article: Article, _: unknown, ctx: WithDataSourcesContext) {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/recent_emails/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/recent_emails/index.ts
index b8bbd275c..cbe6b3329 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/recent_emails/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/recent_emails/index.ts
@@ -102,9 +102,6 @@ export const markEmailAsItemResolver = authorized<
     }
   }
 
-  // update received email type
-  await updateReceivedEmail(recentEmail.id, 'article', uid)
-
   const text = `A recent email marked as a library item
                     by: ${uid}
                     from: ${recentEmail.from}
diff --git a/packages/api/src/schema.ts b/packages/api/src/schema.ts
index acae6f520..71192074b 100755
--- a/packages/api/src/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/schema.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ const schema = gql`
     email: String
     source: String
     intercomHash: String
-    features: [String]
     featureList: [Feature!]
   }