Get a message in your Slack channel each time an important email arrives. You can include the subject, the sender, the email body, and even post the attached files. 

Note: The Automatic Email Manager Notif app isn't listed in the Slack App Directory yet. Use the Add to Slack button in Step 1 to install it.

Setup takes two steps.

Instructions to connect to Slack

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Step 1: Add the app 'Automatic Email Manager Notif' to your Slack channel
• Step 2: Add the action in Automatic Email Manager

Step 1: Add the app to Slack

Use one of these two methods.

• Method A: Use the install button
  Click Add to Slack and follow the instructions:
  
  
  
• Method B: Add the app from your channel
  1. In Slack, open the channel and click its name at the top to open the channel details.
     
     

• Click Integrations, then Add an App.
• Search for Automatic Email Manager Notif and click Add.

• After the installation, copy the Bot token provided by Slack. You'll need it in Step 2.

Step 2: Add the action in Automatic Email Manager

• In the left menu, click Scenarios. Edit an existing scenario or click New scenario.
• Click Add action, then select Send notification, then Send a message to a Slack channel.

• Fill in the settings:
  
  

• Bot token: The token provided by Slack when you added the app.
• Channel Id: The channel that receives the messages, in the format #MyChannel.
• Message: The text to post. Click Fields to insert the subject, the sender, the email body, or the list of attachments.
• Send the attachment(s) with the message: Turn this on to post the attached files in the channel.
• Click Ok to save the action.

Tip: To avoid posting too many files, add a condition to send only specific attachments, for example only .pdf files.

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