Email Presence status changes with Gmail
1 ready-made Gmail and Presence Applets
Turn one on, or build your own. Presence can start an automation with "Presence status changes", and IFTTT can then run "Send an email" on Gmail.
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6 triggers, queries, and actions
Presence status changes
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 when your final Presence status changes.
Recent Presence statuses
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 your recent privacy-safe Presence statuses.
Return Presence to automatic
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 clear your manual status and return Presence to automatic updates.
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 yourself an email. HTML, images and links are supported.
Set a Presence status
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 set your Presence status for a chosen amount of time.
Presence status changes
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 when your final Presence status changes.
Recent Presence statuses
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 your recent privacy-safe Presence statuses.
Return Presence to automatic
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 clear your manual status and return Presence to automatic updates.
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 yourself an email. HTML, images and links are supported.
Set a Presence status
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 set your Presence status for a chosen amount of time.
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If
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Presence status changes
Then
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Return Presence to automatic
Send an email
Send yourself an email
Set a Presence status
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About Gmail
Gmail and IFTTT let you send emails automatically based on what happens in your other apps.
About Presence
Presence and IFTTT let you automate based on your availability status, or set your status from other apps to keep interruptions at bay.