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How To Set Up a Forwarding Email Address In Gmail for Email Parsing
How To Set Up a Forwarding Email Address In Gmail for Email Parsing

A short guide to help you forward emails using Zapier Email parsing

Tanner Mullen avatar
Written by Tanner Mullen
Updated this week

Zapier Email Parser allows you to extract customer data for your emails to properly format for Zap capability.
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Once you've created your Zapier Parser Mailbox, head over to your Gmail account and follow these steps:


1. Click "See All Settings"


2. Once inside of settings, hit "Forwarding and POP/IMAP"


3. Hit "Add a forwarding address"


4. Visit: Http://parser.zapier.com and create a mailbox


5. Copy your new mailbox address


6. Enter your new mailbox address in the box shown below


7. Gmail will want to confirm this is who you want to forward your emails to:


8. Gmail will verify permission by sending a code to your Zapier Mailbox


9. Visit your Zapier Mailbox and refresh the page until you get the confirmation email sent from Gmail. Find the code and copy it


10. Go back to Gmail, in "Forwarding and POP/IMAP input the confirmation code. Once done, hit "Verify"


11. Once verified, it will default to "disable forwarding" do not change this, leave it on "disable forwarding"


12. Next, select "Creating a filter!" link below


13. In the "Subject" line, type in "New Appointment Request". This will filter all of your DripJobs Appointment Request emails to send to the Zapier Mailbox.


14. Hit "Create Filter"


15. Check the "Forward it to:" Box and select the Zapier Mailbox from the dropdown

And that's it! When a new request notification comes through your email, you can Parse the email through the Zapier Email Parser and extract lead information to send to other apps within the Zapier eco-system.

If you need help setting this up, please contact admin@dripjobs.com or send in a support ticket.

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