How can I forward emails with attachments from Gmail to Dropbox?

thanks for reply.

in fact I want attachments to be forwarded from Gmail, but the first step of verifycode is obstacle. if once I get verification code somehow, I can then auto forward all gmail attachments to addtodropbox folder.

but there is no way of getting the verification code of forwarded address. in case gmail can forward the verification code as attachment or body matter as  jpg file etc  then I would have been possible.... but no way as of now it seems

thanks again for reply

I found docparser have solution for it, may be dropbox can apply same for itself...as below.... but there no way I can contact dropbox....

Every document parser in your account has a unique and secret email address to which you can forward emails with PDF attachments. With Gmail, it is easy to set up a filter which will automatically forward specific emails to your Document Parser - all you need to do is to create a filter in Gmail and define a forwarding address for this filter. As the target, you would then just add the unique and secret email address of your Document parser. You'll find this email address inside the settings of your Document Parser in 'Email Reception'.

You can read about how to set up a filter directly at  Google support website. 

After creating the forwarding filter in Gmail, a confirmation code needs to be entered. This confirmation code is inside an email which Google sends to your Docparser email address. Docparser is able to identify this kind of email and will automatically send the confirmation back to your Gmail account. Just check your Gmail account one minute after creating the filter and you should see an email from us with the confirmation code. Enter the confirmation code and your Gmail forwarding filter will become active. 

If you aren't able to receive the confirmation code email in your Docparser inbox, the issue may be that your Gmail is set to non-English. Due to a limitation our app requires the Gmail the filter is being set up on to be set on English, so temporarily changing your language in Gmail to English and re-sending the email should resolve the problem.

To recap, here is how to set up a Gmail forwarding filter with Docparser:

1. Verify that your Gmail account language is English
2. Create a forwarding filter in your Gmail account
3. Check your inbox and receive the confirmation code from Gmail (can take up to 3 minutes)
4. Enter the confirmation code in Gmail forwarding filter settings

Thanks for the clarification and the additional info on this, Raphael.

We really appreciate you taking the time to share this with us.

I will make sure your comments are passed along to our team.

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Hey raphaelamann, thanks for posting on our Community!

Can you please clarify if you're referring to the Dropbox Gmail Integration or if you had something else in mind, like the Email to Dropbox feature?

If you could also provide some additional information about what you'd like to accomplish or what you'd like to see implemented, I'd appreciate it. 

Thanks!

Hi Hannah, hi Walter, 

thanks for your interest - please excuxe my late reply.

I am going to explain my thoughts from the ground up:

Imagine getting e-mail invoices from different sources on gmail. Wouldn't it be practical to directly redirect that to your personal AddToDropbox-address? For that purpose gmail offers what they call a "filter", which allows the specification of filter rules executed every time when new e-mails arrive.

In my case it would be a rule checking if the sender's email is equal to the one I always receive my monthly bill from and also if the email contains an attachment. 

If all of these conditions apply, it is possible to define what should be happening to this email, for example move to a specific folder, mark as important or also redirect it to a specific e-mail address, which is means of choice for my plan.

When you want to specify a new redirection e-mail-adress, you are led to a separate settings page, where you can add this e-mail-address (in this case the @addtodropbox.com address.

After clicking on "Next", the problem comes up: A verification e-mail is sent to this address required to confirm you are the owner of it.

Currently there is no possibility to get access to this email send to the @addtodropbox.com-address - therefore it is not possible to automate the redirection of emails by the gmail filter functionality.

My recommendation: Add a functionality to the setting's "Email to Dropbox"-section allowing the user to view the i.e. last 3 e-mails received by the @addtodropbox.com-address in full-text.

By this improvement it would be possible to get to know the gmail confirmation code - I bet this is also the case by any other email providers.

See also https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Apps-and-Installations/How-can-I-forward-emails-with-attachments-from-Gmail-to-Dropbox/m-p/611820/highlight/true#M40438 

Thanks in advance, 

Raphael

Hey lor_kort, sorry to see you're having an issue.

Can you describe the exact issue, so we can assist you further?

Any additional info would be really helpful.