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How can I forward emails with attachments from Gmail to Dropbox?
I want to Autoforward all emails with attachments to Dropbox from gmail. on setting up, gmail says verification email sent to myaddressxxx@addtodropbox.com . please put verification code, to activate...
DevenThakkar wrote:
I want to Autoforward all emails with attachments to Dropbox from gmail. on setting up, gmail says verification email sent to myaddressxxx@addtodropbox.com. ... how do i get the verification code which has been sent to myaddressxxx@addtodropbox.com.
You can't. If setting up auto-forward requires verification of the email address, you won't be able to forward to the Dropbox-generated email. You can only receive attachments at the email address. The text/body of an email sent to that address is not retained.
For activation of the Gmail Auto-Forward/Filter-Function, a verification code is sent from Gmail directly to the AddToDropbox-Address (***@addtodropbox.com).
Currently there seems to be no possibility to get access to the content (and therefore the confirmation code) of it - as it contains no attachment it gets lost in universe.
Due to this, it is currently not possible to activate the redirection, which would be very useful for any kind of bills and so on.
Maybe a section underneath the 'AddToDropbox'-Settings could be added where the e.g. last 3 received emails can be accessed in full text view.
Thanks in advance,
Raphael
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.
Thanks in advance,
Raphael
