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Email by Zapier + Mailchimp

Email by Zapier + Mailchimp integrations

New inbound emails create Mailchimp list subscribers

Rather than manually adding email addresses to your Mailchimp list, use Zapier to start automatically adding new email addresses to your list. Once you set up this Email-Mailchimp integration, new emails automatically forwarded to your custom Zapier email address from that point forward are individually added as subscribers.

Note: This Zapier integration doesn't add senders from previous emails into Mailchimp—only senders of new emails after you've set it up. Emails must also be automatically forwarded (using Gmail filters or Outlook rules) to your custom Zapier email address. If you manually forward emails then your email address will be added to the Mailchimp list and not that of the original sender

How It Works

A new email is received by your custom Zapier email address
Zapier adds the sender to a Mailchimp list as a subscriber

What You Need

Email account (e.g. Gmail or Outlook)
Mailchimp account

When this happens...
New Inbound EmailTriggers when an email is forwarded to your own custom zapiermail.com address.
TriggerInstant
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Add/Update SubscriberAdd a new subscriber to an audience of your choosing. Can be used to update an existing subscriber too.
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- Subject
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- Body (HTML or Plain)
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- Reply_to
- Cc
- Bcc
- Force Linebreaks?
- Enable read receipts?
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- Audience
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- Company
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- Address1
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- State
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- Zip
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- Country
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- Phone
- Permission_reminder
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- Email_type_option
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- From_name
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- From_email
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- Email Address
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- Deletion_info
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- Tag
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- Email Address
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- SMS Campaign
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Action
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- Audience
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- Tag
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- Email Address
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Action
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- Name
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Action
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- Audience
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- Tag name
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Action
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- Name
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- Campaign Name
- Audience
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- Segment
- Tags
- Email Subject
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- Preview_text
- From_name
  Required
- From Email Address
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- To_name
- Content Type
Action
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- Search
  Required
- Audience
- Audience
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- Subscriber Email
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- New Email
- Status
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- Groups
- Language Code
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- Setup Directions
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- Link
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- Campaign Name
- Audience
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- Segment
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- Preview_text
- From_name
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- From Email Address
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- To_name
- Content Type
Action
Write
- Campaign
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Action
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- Audience
  Required
- Email Address
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- Custom Event Name
  Required
- Properties
Action
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- Audience
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- Subscriber Email
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- New Email
- Status
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- Double Opt-In
- Update Existing
- Replace Groups
- Groups
- Language Code
- Tag(s)
Action
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- Audience
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- Email Address
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- Delete Contact
Action
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- Campaign
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Action
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- Audience
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- Email Address
  Required
- Note
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Action
Write
- Stop on error
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- HTTP Method
  Required
- URL
  Required
- Query string parameters
- Additional request headers
- Body
Action
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- Store
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- Email Address
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Action
Search
- Search
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- Audience
Action
Search
- Audience
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- Tag name
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Search or write

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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Mailchimp is an email and marketing automation platform built for growing businesses. Turn email and SMS into revenue.

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