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It's the same as Apple's mail.app. Don't really know why there isn't a separate section.
Sorry, not much help. I guess they just wanted it streamlined?
 
Probably because notes generally sync over IMAP. You can sync notes with Gmail, and they sync over the same protocol that the mail does.
 
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