Notion
Email to Notion,
the easy way
ForwardThis is the simple tool that connects your email to Notion. Forward any email along with some simple instructions, and it’s handled. Nothing to download, nothing to set up. Works with dozens of your other apps too.
Setup in 30 seconds.
How it works
Connect Notion
Create a free account and connect Notion. 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: Studio hire enquiry - September
Add this to the Leads database with company, contact and what they're after.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Hi - we're looking to hire a studio for two days in September for a product shoot. Could you send over availability and rates?
Added to Leads
Field & Co · Tom Okafor · studio hire, September
Undo available for 24 hours if something does not look right.
Some other examples
- “Save these meeting notes as a page under Client Work / Acme.”
- “Add this to the Content Ideas database, tagged newsletter.”
- “Append this update to the project page for the rebrand.”
Everything ForwardThis can do in Notion
Create task
Add an entry to a database
Append row
Add a row to a database
Create document
Create a page
Add note
Add a note to a page
Update task
Check off or edit an entry
Move file
Move a page under another page
Link records
Link one entry to another
Delete task
Move an entry to trash
Find pages
Find a page or database entry
Look up tasks
Look up entries in a database
Read a spreadsheet
Read rows from a database
Read a record
Read a page
Try it with a real email.
Forward any work email to the address below and 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 do I send an email to Notion?
- Forward the email to your ForwardThis address with a line saying where it belongs, like "add this to my Leads database". ForwardThis creates the page or row, fills in the details it can see, and replies to confirm with a link. The first time, you'll need a free account with Notion connected, which takes about 30 seconds - that's the entire Notion email integration.
- Can ForwardThis add a row to a specific Notion database?
- Yes. Name the database in your instruction and ForwardThis finds it among the ones your Notion account can edit, then fills in the obvious fields from the email. If two databases could match, it asks you which one - it never guesses.
- Do I have to map fields or set up templates first?
- No. Connect Notion once and you're done. Each email you forward says where it should go, and ForwardThis fills in the details it can see - names, companies, dates, what's being asked for.
- What if it files something in the wrong place?
- The confirmation email has an undo that works for 24 hours. You can also just reply - "move it to the other database" - and it fixes its own work.
- How is this different from Notion's own email capture?
- Notion's capture drops emails into an inbox for you to sort later. ForwardThis does the sorting: it puts each email where you tell it, as a proper page or row with fields filled in, and can handle the next step too - like setting a reminder to follow up.
Workflows using this integration
Email to database
Turn emails into records in your database.
Email to wiki
Turn emails into pages in your wiki.
Send emails to Notion
Send emails to Notion.