# Control Email using IFTTT **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Tags:** beginner\ **Created:** [August 16, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/control-email-using-ifttt/184230 "2019-08-16T18:41:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![danibarzo16i718](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/258eb7/32.png) [@danibarzo16i718](https://community.thunkable.com/u/danibarzo16i718)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/control-email-using-ifttt/184230/21 "2020-03-28T15:58:45Z")
Hi @appdevelopertcs. Did you success in sending emails without opening the mail app on the device? Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/control-email-using-ifttt/184230/22 "2020-03-28T16:02:17Z")
> [@danibarzo16i718](#): > > sending emails without opening the mail app on the device? @danibarzo16i718 - this would generally be considered a **very bad** practice. Just personally I would never install an app that had permission to silently and secretly send emails without knowledge. Perhaps you could tell us a little more about that type of app you are trying to build and who you are building it for? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![danibarzo16i718](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/258eb7/32.png) [@danibarzo16i718](https://community.thunkable.com/u/danibarzo16i718)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/control-email-using-ifttt/184230/24 "2020-03-28T16:35:55Z")
Hi @domhnallohanlon, what about if you want to inform (by email) to one customer that one “professional” for example has accepted his request in the APP? It is important that the APP (from the app’s email)can inform to customer. So it is not silently and secretly sending emails through the user’s email but informing through the APP’s email. ---
**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/control-email-using-ifttt/184230/25 "2020-03-28T17:07:20Z")
@danibarzo16i718 please use the ✏ Edit button rather than creating multiple posts in the future, thanks. I’ve merged your posts into one for you this time. > [@danibarzo16i718](#): > > what about if you want to inform (by email) to one customer that one “professional” for example has accepted his request in the APP? If it’s all in the app then you don’t need access to email at all, right? For example, the customer places an order through your app and that order gets sent to some backend service - in this case let’s say Airtable. You could _then_ use something like IFTTT or Integromat to send an email to the store/service provider with the order details. ---
**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/control-email-using-ifttt/184230/26 "2020-03-28T17:07:33Z")
I have recently accomplished this feat using a google app script and api call! I could make a tutorial potentially, but sounds like not a great idea? What is your input @domhnallohanlon ? I incorporated that feature for a FB email to be sent to me directly from the app ---
**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/control-email-using-ifttt/184230/27 "2020-03-28T17:09:04Z")
> [@jared](#): > > a google app script and api call! But in this case the app script is notifying the vendor that a new customer order has originated from the app, right? > [@jared](#): > > I could make a tutorial potentially, Sounds interesting…answer the first part first! 😄 ---
**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/control-email-using-ifttt/184230/28 "2020-03-28T17:12:02Z")
> [@jared](#): > > > [@jared](#): > > > > a google app script and api call! > > But in this case the app script is notifying the vendor that a new customer order has originated from the app, right I suppose so. The subject of the email says “FB for flightracker” but it doesn’t alert the App user that an email is being sent this way. There’s just a submit button and it completes an api call to my script. The script send the email to me. ---
**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/control-email-using-ifttt/184230/29 "2020-03-28T17:25:25Z")
> [@jared](#): > > The subject of the email says “FB for flightracker” ok, but what does the “From” field say? is it from [user@gmail.com](mailto:user@gmail.com) or [jared@gmail.com](mailto:jared@gmail.com)? In my experience with these scripts I would associate my own email address with it, and then I can do additional filtering etc in my inbox based on things like the subject line, like you’ve mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/control-email-using-ifttt/184230/30 "2020-03-28T17:28:08Z")
hah > [@domhnallohanlon](#): > > ok, but what does the “From” field say? is it from [user@gmail.com](mailto:user@gmail.com) or [jared@gmail.com](mailto:jared@gmail.com)? > > In my experience with these scripts I would associate my own email address with it, and then I can do additional filtering etc in my inbox based on things like the subject line, like you’ve mentio aha! I actually created a gmail account for the app itself. idk how long it will last but it was only for testing purposes to make sure i could do that. The from would be “[appname@gmail.com](mailto:appname@gmail.com)” subject: “appName feedback” body: {sender: “email if provided”, body: “whatever the user typed”} ---
**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/control-email-using-ifttt/184230/31 "2020-03-28T17:41:03Z")
> [@jared](#): > > The from would be “[appname@gmail.com](mailto:appname@gmail.com)” Yep - this is exactly what I would do, and what I would recommend @danibarzo16i718 do too. Daniel, perhaps that was what you wanted to do in the first place, but perhaps Jared can put together a tutorial for this? Also, do you know if Integromat would work for something like this too @jared? (only asking since I know you used it in [your own app](http://jaredgibb.xyz/index.php/2020/03/23/hello-world/)? ---
**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/control-email-using-ifttt/184230/32 "2020-03-28T17:49:02Z")
absolutely! I do use this in my [first big project!](http://jaredgibb.xyz/index.php/2020/03/23/hello-world/) Integromat was limited. i was able to get some workarounds by limiting when it ran. I’ll see what I can do this week! I am working on another [project](http://jaredgibb.xyz/index.php/2020/03/28/in-progress-a-guide-to-working-with-lists-with-objects-that-have-lists-of-objects-unfinished-demo-link-in-the-post/) rn. I would be happy to put together a tutorial for “Two ways to send email from your app!” ---
**Author:** ![danibarzo16i718](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/258eb7/32.png) [@danibarzo16i718](https://community.thunkable.com/u/danibarzo16i718)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/control-email-using-ifttt/184230/33 "2020-03-28T22:20:35Z")
> [@domhnallohanlon](#): > > > [@jared](#): > > > > The from would be “[appname@gmail.com](mailto:appname@gmail.com)” > > Yep - this is exactly what I would do, and what I would recommend @danibarzo16i718 do too. Yes @domhnallohanlon, that is exactly what i want to do. Send automated mails (from [appname@gmail.com](mailto:appname@gmail.com)) when the user trigger the condition (for example accepting one published request in the APP). Sorry if i was not clear at the beginning! ---
**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 11:29am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/control-email-using-ifttt/184230/34 "2024-11-08T11:29:59Z")
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