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Popular Email and Hacker News workflows and automations
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Get an email when there's a new top story on Hacker News about IFTTT
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Useful Email and Hacker News integrations
Triggers (If this)
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New top story
This trigger fires every time a Hacker News story becomes a top story.
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Send IFTTT any email
Send IFTTT any email at trigger@applet.ifttt.com and this Trigger fires. You can optionally add a single file attachment and IFTTT will create a public URL to the file as an Ingredient. This trigger will reject emails with attachments over 30MB.
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New best story
This trigger fires every time a Hacker News story becomes a best story.
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Send IFTTT an email tagged
Send IFTTT an email at trigger@applet.ifttt.com with a hashtag in the subject (e.g. #IFTTT) and this Trigger fires. You can optionally add a single file attachment (up to 30MB) and IFTTT will create a public URL to the file as an Ingredient.
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New Ask HN story
This trigger fires every time a new Ask Hacker News story is posted.
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New Show HN story
This trigger fires every time a new Show Hacker News story is posted.
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New job posted
This trigger fires every time a new job is posted to Hacker News.
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New story by user
This trigger fires every time a new story is posted by the user you specify.
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New comment by user
This trigger fires every time a new comment is posted by the user you specify.
New top story
This trigger fires every time a Hacker News story becomes a top story.
Send IFTTT any email
Send IFTTT any email at trigger@applet.ifttt.com and this Trigger fires. You can optionally add a single file attachment and IFTTT will create a public URL to the file as an Ingredient. This trigger will reject emails with attachments over 30MB.
New best story
This trigger fires every time a Hacker News story becomes a best story.
Send IFTTT an email tagged
Send IFTTT an email at trigger@applet.ifttt.com with a hashtag in the subject (e.g. #IFTTT) and this Trigger fires. You can optionally add a single file attachment (up to 30MB) and IFTTT will create a public URL to the file as an Ingredient.
New Ask HN story
This trigger fires every time a new Ask Hacker News story is posted.
New Show HN story
This trigger fires every time a new Show Hacker News story is posted.
New job posted
This trigger fires every time a new job is posted to Hacker News.
New story by user
This trigger fires every time a new story is posted by the user you specify.
New comment by user
This trigger fires every time a new comment is posted by the user you specify.
Queries (With)
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History of Show HN stories
This query returns a list of every time a new Show Hacker News story is posted.
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History of best stories
This query returns a list of every time a Hacker News story becomes a best story.
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History of jobs posted
This query returns a list of every time a new job is posted to Hacker News.
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History of top stories
This query returns a list of every time a Hacker News story becomes a top story.
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History of stories by user
This query returns a list of every time a new story is posted by the user you specify.
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History of comments by user
This query returns a list of every time a new comment is posted by the user you specify.
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History of Ask HN stories
This query returns a list of every time a new Ask Hacker News story is posted.
History of Show HN stories
This query returns a list of every time a new Show Hacker News story is posted.
History of best stories
This query returns a list of every time a Hacker News story becomes a best story.
History of jobs posted
This query returns a list of every time a new job is posted to Hacker News.
History of top stories
This query returns a list of every time a Hacker News story becomes a top story.
History of stories by user
This query returns a list of every time a new story is posted by the user you specify.
History of comments by user
This query returns a list of every time a new comment is posted by the user you specify.
History of Ask HN stories
This query returns a list of every time a new Ask Hacker News story is posted.
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