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Email by Zapier + Intercom

Email by Zapier + Intercom integrations

Create or update Intercom users from new emails

If you're having lots of interactions with your customers via direct email, you might be looking for a way to add this history to your Intercom installation. This Zap will take care of that for you once you set it up - every time you receive a new email at the custom address provided to you by Zapier, a user will automatically be updated (or created if there is no match for their email), keeping all their history in a single place.

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

How It Works

A new email is received
Zapier automatically creates or updates a user on Intercom

What You Need

Intercom account

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New Inbound EmailTriggers when an email is forwarded to your own custom zapiermail.com address.
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- Email address type
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- Subject
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- Body (HTML or Plain)
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- Attachment
- From_name
- Reply_to
- Cc
- Bcc
- Force Linebreaks?
- Enable read receipts?
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- Message body format
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New User
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- Update sample
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- Contact identifier type
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- Tag selection method
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- Contact Type
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- Message Body
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- User Association Note
- Company
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- Warning
- Name
- Website
- Size
- Monthly Revenue
- Plan
- Industry
- Custom Attributes
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- Contact identifier type
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- Tag
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- Contact Identifier
- Message Body
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- Company
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- Tag Name
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- Untag?
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- Ticket
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- Title
- Description
- State
- Is Open
- Snoozed Until
- Assigned Admin
- Assigned Team
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- Email
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- Custom Attributes
- Created At
- User ID
- Full Name
- IP Address
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- Search Mode
- Search Value
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- Search Mode
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- Search Value
  Required
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- Search Mode
  Required
- Search Value
  Required
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- Search Mode
- Search Value
- User Association Note
- Company Name
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- Plan
- Size
- Website
- Industry
- Custom Attributes
- Monthly Revenue
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Lead Added Email
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New AI Summary
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New Company
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Updated Contact
Triggers when a Contact is updated in Intercom.
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- Email
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- Note Text
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- Title
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- Description
- Body
- Author
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- State
- Parent Collection
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- Event name
  Required
- Created at
- Contact identifier type
  Required
- Metadata
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- Ticket type
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- Contact ID
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- Company ID
- Assigned Admin
- Assigned Team
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- Conversation ID
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- Reply Type
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- Reply Body
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- Attachments
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- From
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- To
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- Message Type
  Required
- Body
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- Subject
- Template
- Create Conversation Without Contact Reply?
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- Lead ID
- Full Name
- Email
- Phone Number
- Unsubscribed From Emails
- Created At
- IP Address
- Custom Attributes
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- Lookup Email
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- Full Name
- User ID
- Company ID
- Unsubscribed From Emails
- Phone Number
- Created At
- IP Address
- Custom Attributes
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- Stop on error
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- HTTP Method
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- URL
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- Query string parameters
- Additional request headers
- Body
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- Search Field
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- Match Type
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- Conversation Status
- Updated After
- Updated Before
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- Search Field
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- Match Type
  Required
- Ticket State
- Updated After
- Updated Before
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- Conversation ID
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- Search Mode
  Required
- Search Value
  Required
- Lead ID
- Full Name
- Email
- Phone Number
- Unsubscribed From Emails
- Created At
- IP Address
- Custom Attributes
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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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Intercom is the Engagement OS, an open channel between customer and business that is in the product, in the moment, and on their terms. We break down silos, unifying data and systems to create an ongoing dialogue, so companies can make the most of every opportunity.

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