Discord
Discord email integration
A message the team should see can be forwarded to ForwardThis and posted into the Discord channel from your instructions, in the server from your instructions, or into a thread it starts if there is not one already.
Setup in 30 seconds.
How it works
Connect Discord
Create a free account and connect Discord. It takes about 30 seconds, and you only do it once.
Forward an email
Forward any email to your ForwardThis address along with your instructions. One email can ask for several things at once.
Done.
ForwardThis replies when it's done, with a short summary and links to what it made, and an undo button if something doesn't look right.
Just forward it
to do@forwardthis.io
Fwd: Patch 1.4 notes - final
Post this in #announcements and attach the patch notes.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Here are the final notes for 1.4. Save data migrates on its own and the co-op lobby fix is in. Going live Thursday at 6pm.
patch-1-4-notes.pdf96 KB
Posted to #announcements
Patch 1.4 notes - final
Posted patch-1-4-notes.pdf
#announcements in Brightside Games
ForwardThis checks with you before it posts, then replies to confirm.
Some other examples
- “Reply to Ellie's message in #playtest with what the publisher said.”
- “Start a thread called Patch 1.4 feedback and post this there.”
- “Change the message you posted in #announcements to say Thursday, not Wednesday.”
Everything ForwardThis can do in Discord
Send message
Post a message to a channel or thread
Edit a sent message
Edit a message the assistant posted
Attach file
Post a file to a channel
Read a spreadsheet
Read a channel's recent messages
Search messages
Search a server or a channel, or read pinned messages
Find pages
List the channels available
Try it with a real email.
Forward any email to the address below to see what ForwardThis can do. No signup required.
Occasional product emails may follow.
Why you need ForwardThis
Email is messy, every message asking for something different. It means constantly leaving your inbox and juggling tabs. ForwardThis skips all of that: forward an email along with some simple instructions, and it’s handled. Compatible with every email provider, and it works across the apps you’re already using.
Questions
- How does the Discord email integration work?
- In Discord the email is posted to the channel from your instructions on any server you have added ForwardThis to, into a thread, or as a reply to a message, never as a direct message, and because the whole channel sees it, ForwardThis shows you the server, the channel and the message before it posts. Forward the email to your ForwardThis address with a simple instruction, like "post this in #announcements". Say yes and it posts it, attachments included, and replies to confirm. The first time, you'll need a free account with Discord connected, which takes about 30 seconds, and that's the entire Discord email integration. Posting an email to Discord has a page of its own.
- Can I forward an email straight to a Discord channel?
- Yes. Forward it to your ForwardThis address and name the channel: "post this in #general". One address works for every channel, across every server you've added ForwardThis to. If the same channel name exists in two of your servers it asks which one you meant, and you can say the server name in your instructions to save it asking.
- Can it post in a thread or reply to a particular message?
- Yes. It can reply to a message linked in your instruction, post into a named thread, or start a new thread and put the message there. You can also ask which channels it can post to if you're not sure of the name.
- Can ForwardThis send a Discord DM?
- No. It posts in channels and threads only, never direct messages, and it can't change roles, add or remove members, or create channels. Those are the things that go badly wrong at scale, and no amount of checking first would make a bot messaging people's inboxes acceptable.
- How is this different from a Discord webhook or Zapier?
- Discord has no address you can email, so an announcement sitting in Gmail gets copied across by hand unless something does it for you. A webhook posts to one channel, and you set up another for every channel you want to reach. Zapier can do more, but you build a rule for each case first. ForwardThis uses one address and reads your instructions, so this email goes to #announcements and the next one replies to a message in #playtest. If all you want is every email from one sender landing in one channel forever, a webhook does that well and costs nothing to run.