Create Day One journal entry from new Outlook email
1 ready-made Day One and Microsoft Outlook Applets
Turn one on, or build your own. Microsoft Outlook can start an automation with "New message received", and IFTTT can then run "Create Journal Entry" on Day One.
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4 triggers, queries, and actions
New message received
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time a new message is received in your Outlook inbox.
Create a draft message
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will create a draft message in your Outlook account without sending it.
Create Journal Entry
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will create a new Journal entry in the Journal you specify.
Send a message
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will send a message from your Outlook account.
Create a draft message
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will create a draft message in your Outlook account without sending it.
Create Journal Entry
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will create a new Journal entry in the Journal you specify.
New message received
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time a new message is received in your Outlook inbox.
Send a message
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will send a message from your Outlook account.
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New message received
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Create a draft message
Create Journal Entry
Send a message
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About Day One
Day One and IFTTT let you automatically create journal entries from events happening across your other apps.
About Microsoft Outlook
Outlook and IFTTT let you automatically draft and send emails based on incoming messages from other apps and services.