Todoist
Email to Todoist,
the easy way
ForwardThis is the simple tool that connects your email to Todoist. 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 Todoist
Create a free account and connect Todoist. 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: Gas safety certificate due - 12 Bright Lane
Add a task to book the gas safety check for 12 Bright Lane, in Property Admin, due next Friday, p1.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Reminder that the gas safety certificate for 12 Bright Lane expires on 15 September. An engineer needs booking in before then.
Added task to Property Admin
Book gas safety check for 12 Bright Lane · due Fri 4 Sep · p1
Undo available for 24 hours if something does not look right.
Some other examples
- “Add this to my Inbox for tomorrow.”
- “Comment on the gas safety task with the engineer's number.”
- “Move the invoice chase task into the Finance project.”
Everything ForwardThis can do in Todoist
Create task
Add a task
Update task
Complete, re-date or rename a task
Add note
Comment on a task
Delete task
Delete a task
Look up tasks
Look up your tasks
Find pages
List projects
Change tags
Change a task's labels
Move task
Move a task to another project or section
Create project
Create a project
Read a record
Read a task and its comments
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 Todoist?
- Forward the email to your ForwardThis address with a line saying what the task is and where it belongs, like "add this to Property Admin, due next Friday". ForwardThis creates the task, puts the email in the description, and replies to confirm with a link. The first time, you'll need a free account with Todoist connected, which takes about 30 seconds - that's the entire Todoist email integration.
- Can I choose which project the task goes in?
- Yes. Name the project, and one of its sections if you want one, and the task lands there. Name nothing and it goes to your Inbox, the same as anything else you add in a hurry. You can also make it a subtask by naming the task it belongs under.
- Can I set the due date in plain English?
- Yes. Todoist reads dates the way you write them, so "next Friday", "tomorrow morning" or "the 15th" all work in your forwarded line, exactly as they would if you typed them into Todoist yourself.
- Can it set a priority or a label?
- Priority yes: p1 is the most urgent, down to p4. Labels work as long as they already exist in your Todoist - ForwardThis won't invent new ones from an email, so if you ask for one that isn't there it tells you.
- How is this different from Todoist's own email-to-task address?
- Todoist can give a project its own email address, and whatever you send becomes a task there with the subject as its name. If everything goes to the same project, that's enough. Here one address covers every project, the line you write sets the date, the priority and the section, and the same email can create work in your other apps.