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Email by Zapier + GitHub

Email by Zapier + GitHub integrations

Add new inbound emails to GitHub as new issues

When your collaborator sends you a new inbound email message about the project you share with them you would feel pretty bad if you were always the last to know what is going on.

Use Zapier to make sure that you are not left in the dark and collaborators get a prompt action in return for their messages. The first step is to ensure that their inbound email goes directly to the right place.

Note: This feature is built directly into Zapier, just forward your email to the customized email address you create with Zapier.

How It Works

A contact sends a new inbound email
Zapier adds that email message to GitHub as a new issue

What You Need

Email address to forward
GitHub account

When this happens...
New Inbound EmailTriggers when an email is forwarded to your own custom zapiermail.com address.
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- Subject
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- Body (HTML or Plain)
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- Bcc
- Force Linebreaks?
- Enable read receipts?
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- Which types of issues should this trigger on?
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Triggers when a new organization is created.
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- File Path
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- Commit Message
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- File Content
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- File SHA (for updates)
- Branch
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- Content of the Gist
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- Description
- Make Gist Public?
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- Title
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- Body
- Head
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- Base
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- Instant_merge
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- Repo
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- Pull Request
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- Comment
- Action
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- Commit SHA
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- Pull Request
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- Body
- State
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- File Path
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- Branch, Tag, or Commit SHA
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- Name
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- State
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- Search by
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- Search value
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- Name (Login)
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- State
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- Search by
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- Search value
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- Title
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- Body
- Head
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- Base
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- Instant_merge
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- Which types of issues should this trigger on?
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New Repository
Triggers when a new repository is created.
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New Team
Triggers when you are added to a team.
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- Repo
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- Issue
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- Labels
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Action
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- Repository
  Required
- Branch Name
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- Source Branch/SHA
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- Branch Name
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- Repo
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- Title
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- Body
- Assignee
- Milestone
- Labels
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- Emoji
- Status Message
- Expires At
- Limited Availability
- Organization Name
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- Issue
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- Title
- Body
- Assignee
- Milestone
- Labels
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- Repository
  Required
- Branch Name
Action
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- Organization Name
  Required
- User Name (Login)
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- Organization or User Name
- Repository Name
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Action
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- Repo
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- State
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- Search by
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- Search value
  Required
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- Repo
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- State
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- Search by
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- Search value
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- Title
  Required
- Body
- Assignee
- Milestone
- Labels
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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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