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.*

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.

**Trial or Free Zapier plan:**

 - Emails sent during [testing](https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/18811411817741-Test-Zap-steps "https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/18811411817741-Test-Zap-steps") are sent to the [Zapier account email address](https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/8496274581517-Change-your-Zapier-account-email-address "https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/8496274581517-Change-your-Zapier-account-email-address"). Once published, emails go to the intended recipients (To, CC, BCC).
 - You can send a maximum of 5 emails per account per day.

**Paid Zapier plan:**

 - You can send a maximum of 10 emails per account per hour.

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

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.

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).

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

Specify a reply address other than your own.

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

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.

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!

Email by Zapier

This will be your "display name" when sending.

Specify a reply address other than the from.

A file object to be attached to the email. Plain text content will converted into a txt file and attached.

SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, which is an Internet standard for email transmission available in Microsoft, Google and Yahoo! products among millions of mail servers worldwide.

Check our IMAP service as well!

SMTP by Zapier

If you're using Zaps, chances are you've run into so using Zapier's native email service. This integration allows for, among other uses, a powerful connection element for extending this automation chain: once you set it up, any email sent to the provided custom address will automatically send out a second email through your SMTP account. Whether you're extending a workflow where other services send emails to this custom address or creating a new one, this Zap is sure to come in handy.

Note: this integration uses Zapier's native email service. If you want to use your existing email account to trigger the action, try Zaps with email apps such as Gmail, Mailgun, SMTP or Mandrill.

A new email is received at the custom address

Email by Zapier + SMTP by Zapier

Send SMTP emails for new emails received by Zapier's native service

Supported triggers and actions

New Inbound Email

Send Outbound Email

New Read Receipt

Send Email

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