Automation is the Name which appears when the things should
be done quickly. As i have recently shared Articles related to Gmail like How to accurately Guess Someone’s Email Address. And
here I am going to introduce Few option that may be use to automatically backup
the shared files in your Gmail.
What is the use of this option?
This
option is mostly used for simply create a backup of those files that you
receive via email. it is very valuable and useful if you are deleting Emails
from your inbox because of the size limit, then it enables you to delete emails
freely without worrying about losing affiliated files. For
the outset you have to join by visiting to the IFTTT website and after that you
may either sign into an existing account or may create a new one.
You can create by Clicking on
the link that is located at the very top of the page. And select the option of
Gmail from the list of the various Trigger Channels.
As i am using IFTTT for the
automation of various appearance of my Google activity, and my accounts are
already linked. If you want to do so then it is very easy process.
There are several Gmail triggers available with the IFTTT channels. You
may choose according to your wish to working with attachments, click the ‘Any
new attachment’ box.
Create Trigger by Clicking the option followed in that
trigger box. And you may select whatever you would like to happen when you will
obtain a email with attachment files. You may select by your requirement
because there are lots of options here.
For the intention of this article, here we have to create a
backup of received files. By the selecting this option the Attachments will be
automatically sent into cloud storage services; for the example here we are
using Dropbox to house all of my attachments. Once Dropbox options selected then click on "Add file from
URL".
After the backed up of email attachments, you may add the
file name according to the necessity. For this just click on + button in the
"file name" section and then you can utilize drop down menu for
delicate how files should be titled.
You may use various thing to build up files title like;
(a)
the file's name with email subject line
(b) Sender's name.
You are free to use similar arrangement to select where
files should be saved. You can put here the path of a Dropbox folder, Created
based files option, Received date of files, and other numerous elements.
And when you’re complete, then click Create Action, give little
description for your recently created recipe and click on the option of Create
Recipe Of course. There is very flexible action here, in addition to backing up
files to services, but this process of backing up attachments will be used as a
trigger. For the example you could use IFTTT monitor to your Dropbox account
and even upload image files to Flicker. Feel free to Share your ideas and
experiences below in comment box.
