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Email by Zapier + Google Drive

Save new email attachments to Google Drive

You already keep all of your Google Docs and other important files in Google Drive. With this Zap, you can also save all of your email attachments to Google Drive automatically! Whenever someone emails you something important, forward it to the Zapier email address you'll set up with this Zap, and Zapier will automatically save it to Google Drive. Learn more in our guide on how to email files to Google Drive.

You already keep all of your Google Docs and other important files in Google Drive. With this Zap, you can also save all of your email attachments to Google Drive automatically! Whenever someone emails you something important, forward it to the Zapier email address you'll set up with this Zap, and Zapier will automatically save it to Google Drive. Learn more in our guide on how to email files to Google Drive.

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    New Inbound Email

    Triggers when an email is forwarded to your own custom zapiermail.com address.

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    Upload File

    Triggers when any new file is added (inside of any folder).

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Supported triggers and actions

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    • Email AddressRequired

      Customize the private email address associated with your mailbox. Be sure to use lowercase and numbers only. Just forward emails to this address to trigger this Zap. Want to receive to your own email address? Try Mailgun, IMAP, Mandrill, or Gmail instead.

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    Instant
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    • ToRequired

      Can be a comma separated list of emails. Limited to 5.

    • SubjectRequired

    • Body (HTML or Plain)Required

      You can place HTML in here and we will send it as is. If this is plain text, we will try to convert it to some very basic HTML for greater client compatibility.

    • Attachment

      A file object to be attached to the email. Plain text content will converted into a txt file and attached. Please note, if the file is over ~10mb or so, you should explore using other email sending techniques (like Gmail or SMTP).

    • From Name

      This will be your "display name" when sending. Want to send from your own email address? Try Mailgun, IMAP, Mandrill or Gmail apps instead.

    • Reply To

      Specify a reply address other than your own.

    • Cc

      Can be a comma separated list of emails. Limited to 5.

    • Bcc

      Can be a comma separated list of emails. Limited to 5.

    • Force Linebreaks?

      Set this to "yes" if your emails are received without line breaks or spacing.

    • Enable read receipts?

      Want to be notified when this email is opened? Set this to to True and set up a Zap using the New Read Receipt trigger.

    Action
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    • Drive

      The drive to use. If nothing is selected, then your personal Google Drive will be used. If you are connected with any Google Shared Drives, you can select it here.

    • Folder

      Check a specific folder for new files. Keep clicking to go inside folders. Please note: new files added to subfolders inside the folder you choose here will NOT trigger this Zap. Defaults to the top-level folder if none is picked.

    Trigger
    Scheduled
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    • Drive

      The drive to use. If nothing is selected, then your personal Google Drive will be used. If you are connected with any Google Shared Drives, you can select it here.

    • Folder

      Check a specific folder for updated files. Keep clicking to go inside folders. Please note: files updated within 5 minutes after creation or located in subfolders of the folder you choose here will NOT trigger this Zap. Defaults to the top-level folder if none is picked.

    • Include Deleted

      Should this trigger also on files that are deleted?

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    Scheduled
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    • Setup Directions

      In order to trigger when emails are opened, this must be paired with a separate Zap using the Send Outbound Email action, with the Enable Read Receipts? field set to True.

      To test with a live email, send an email to yourself using your Send Outbound Email action (with read receipts enabled) and open it, then test this trigger immediately for samples. If you don't need to test with live data, click Skip Test to use static test data.

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    • Drive

      The drive to use. If nothing is selected, then your personal Google Drive will be used. If you are connected with any Google Shared Drives, you can select it here.

    Trigger
    Scheduled
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    • Drive

      The drive to use. If nothing is selected, then your personal Google Drive will be used. If you are connected with any Google Shared Drives, you can select it here.

    • Folder

      Check a specific folder for new subfolders. Keep clicking to go inside folders. Please note: new folders added to subfolders inside the folder you choose here will NOT trigger this Zap. Defaults to the top-level folder if none is picked.

    Trigger
    Scheduled
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    • FileRequired

      File to Copy

    • Convert to Document?

      If yes, we will tell Google to convert this into an editable document.

    • File Name

      By default, we name the new copy as "Copy of {original file name}".

    • Drive

      The drive to use. If nothing is selected, then your personal Google Drive will be used. If you are connected with any Google Shared Drives, you can select it here.

    • Folder

      Folder to put the new copy into. Keep clicking to drill down into child folders. Defaults to the same folder as the source file's.

    Action
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About Email by Zapier

Send and receive email via a custom Zapier email address at "zapiermail.com". This is great for triggering off of emails and sending custom emails. (Max of 10 email sends per hour.) Have direct access to your own email servers? Check out our IMAP and SMTP services!

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About Google Drive

Google Drive is Google's file sync app that lets you store all of your files online alongside your Google Docs documents, and keep them synced with all of your devices.
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