Email Facebook status updates via Gmail
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76 ready-made Facebook and Gmail Applets
Turn one on, or build your own. Facebook can start an automation with "Any new post by you in area", and IFTTT can then run "Add label to email" on Gmail.-
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Email yourself when tagged in a Facebook photoby
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Email new Facebook photo posts via Gmailby
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Email new Facebook photo posts via Gmailby
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Email your new Facebook status via Gmailby
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Email tagged Facebook photos via Gmailby
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Email new Facebook photos via Gmailby
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Send a Gmail email when you post a new Facebook statusby
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Send a Gmail email when tagged in a Facebook photoby
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USE CASE
Photo organization automation
Creators can streamline their photo management by automatically sending Facebook uploads to designated email folders, making it easier to organize and share images.
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Create custom workflows effortlessly by selecting triggers, queries, and actions. With IFTTT, it's simple: “If this” trigger happens, “then that” action follows. Streamline tasks and save time with automated workflows that work for you.
45 triggers, queries, and actions
Any new post by you in area
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This Trigger fires every time you post on Facebook at a location you specify.
New attachment
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This trigger fires every time a new email with an attachment arrives in your inbox.
New conversation
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This trigger fires when a conversation starts in your Gmail inbox: a message gets its first reply and a back-and-forth begins. It fires once per conversation, not on every reply.
New email
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This trigger fires every time a new email arrives in your Gmail inbox.
New email matching search
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This trigger fires every time an email newly matches your Gmail search, whether it just arrived or just changed to match.
New label
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This trigger fires once every time a new label is created in your Gmail account. New labels are typically detected within an hour.
New link post by you
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This Trigger fires every time you create a new link post on Facebook.
New link post by you with hashtag
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This Trigger fires every time you create a new link post on Facebook with a specific hashtag.
New photo post by you
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This Trigger fires every time you post a new photo on Facebook.
New photo post by you in area
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This Trigger fires every time you post a new public photo on Facebook at a location you specify.
New photo post by you with hashtag
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This Trigger fires every time you post a new photo on Facebook with a specific hashtag.
New sent email
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This trigger fires every time you send an email from your Gmail account, typically within a few minutes of the send. This includes emails your Applets send.
Find email
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns the most recent emails matching your Gmail search, newest first.
Get attachment by filename
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns an attachment from a specific Gmail message, located by its filename, as links to a temporary copy of the file that IFTTT hosts and removes automatically, along with the attachment's details.
Get conversation
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns the messages in a Gmail conversation, looked up by its thread id: one result per message, oldest first, each carrying the message's full content alongside the conversation's participants and message count.
History of link posts by you
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of every time you create a new link post on Facebook.
History of link posts by you with hashtag
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of every time you create a new link post on Facebook with a specific hashtag.
History of photo posts by you in area
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of every time you post a new public photo on Facebook at a location you specify.
History of photo posts by you with hashtag
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of every time you post a new photo on Facebook with a specific hashtag.
History of photos post by you
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of every time you post a new photo on Facebook.
History of posts by you in area
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of every time you post on Facebook at a location you specify.
History of status messages by you
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of every time you create a new plain text status message on Facebook.
History of status messages by you with hashtag
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of every time you create a new plain text status message on Facebook with a specific hashtag.
History of when you were tagged in a photo
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of times when you were tagged you in a new photo. NOTE: Facebook privacy settings may block IFTTT’s access to some photos you are tagged in.
Add label to email
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 add the label you choose to a specific email message in your Gmail account.
Archive email
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 archive a specific email message, removing it from your inbox without deleting it. The message remains in All Mail and stays searchable.
Create a draft
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 save a new email as a draft in your Gmail account without sending it. The draft waits in your Drafts folder until you open Gmail and send it yourself.
Create a draft reply
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 save a draft reply to a specific email in your Gmail account, kept in the original conversation. The draft waits in your Drafts folder until you send it yourself.
Create label
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 label in your Gmail account.
Delete email
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 move a specific email message to Trash in your Gmail account. Messages in Trash can be recovered until Gmail permanently removes them.
Forward email
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 forward an email from your Gmail account, attachments included, to the recipient you specify.
Remove label from conversation
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 remove a label from a Gmail conversation, removing it from every message in the conversation at the time the action runs. Messages added to the conversation later are not affected.
Remove label from email
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 remove the label you choose from a specific email message in your Gmail account. The message keeps its other labels and stays in your mailbox.
Reply to email
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 reply to a specific email in your Gmail account, kept in the original conversation. The reply goes to whoever sent the original message.
Send an email
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 an email to up to twenty recipients from your Gmail account.
Send yourself an email
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 an email to yourself. HTML, images and links are supported.
Add label to email
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 add the label you choose to a specific email message in your Gmail account.
Any new post by you in area
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This Trigger fires every time you post on Facebook at a location you specify.
Archive email
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 archive a specific email message, removing it from your inbox without deleting it. The message remains in All Mail and stays searchable.
Create a draft
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 save a new email as a draft in your Gmail account without sending it. The draft waits in your Drafts folder until you open Gmail and send it yourself.
Create a draft reply
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 save a draft reply to a specific email in your Gmail account, kept in the original conversation. The draft waits in your Drafts folder until you send it yourself.
Create label
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 label in your Gmail account.
Delete email
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 move a specific email message to Trash in your Gmail account. Messages in Trash can be recovered until Gmail permanently removes them.
Find email
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns the most recent emails matching your Gmail search, newest first.
Forward email
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 forward an email from your Gmail account, attachments included, to the recipient you specify.
Get attachment by filename
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns an attachment from a specific Gmail message, located by its filename, as links to a temporary copy of the file that IFTTT hosts and removes automatically, along with the attachment's details.
Get conversation
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns the messages in a Gmail conversation, looked up by its thread id: one result per message, oldest first, each carrying the message's full content alongside the conversation's participants and message count.
History of link posts by you
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of every time you create a new link post on Facebook.
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If
Select a trigger the automation will use
Any new post by you in area
New attachment
New conversation
New email
New email matching search
New label
New link post by you
New link post by you with hashtag
New photo post by you
New photo post by you in area
New photo post by you with hashtag
New sent email
New starred email
New status message by you
New status message by you with hashtag
You are tagged in a photo
Your profile changes
Then
Select an action the automation will perform
Add label to email
Archive email
Create a draft
Create a draft reply
Create label
Delete email
Forward email
Remove label from conversation
Remove label from email
Reply to email
Send an email
Send yourself an email
You can add delays, queries, and more actions in the chat.
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