Docusign
Email to Docusign
Get a contract out for signature in seconds, without leaving your inbox. It works with every email provider, and there is nothing to install or set up.
Sofia Marsh
New contractor starts next week - NDA needed
Your instructions
Send our Contractor NDA to Dana Whitfield, dana.whitfield@outlook.com, for signature.
Docusign
Send the Contractor NDA for signature
Dana Whitfield
Envelope: Contractor NDA. One signer: Dana Whitfield, dana.whitfield@outlook.com.
Sent after approval
You receive a confirmation email once complete.
Setup in 30 seconds.
How it works
Forward the email to your ForwardThis address with some simple instructions, like "send our Contractor NDA to Dana Whitfield, dana.whitfield@outlook.com, for signature".
ForwardThis builds the envelope from the right Docusign template and shows you the send first: the template it found in your account, plus each recipient with their email. If your instructions put several signers in order, that is the order they sign in, and a reminder can go out for an envelope already waiting.
You approve the send before anything goes out: Docusign emails the recipient the moment an envelope sends, and there is no unsend, so ForwardThis always waits for your yes, then replies to confirm once it is out for signature.
What is ForwardThis?
ForwardThis is an AI email assistant that turns email into action in 144+ of the apps you use every day.
Works with any email
Compatible with any personal or professional email provider. Gmail, Outlook and more.
144+ apps
Works across the apps you already use, with more added every month.
Setup in seconds
Nothing to install and no workflows to build. Sign up, forward an email, and it runs.
Secure & private
ForwardThis only acts on the emails you send it, and the email is deleted within 24 hours of the work being done.
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.
FAQs
- How do I send a Docusign envelope from an email?
- Forward the email to your ForwardThis address with some simple instructions, like "send our Contractor NDA to Dana Whitfield, dana.whitfield@outlook.com, for signature". ForwardThis shows you the send first, and the envelope goes out once you say yes. The first time, you will need a free ForwardThis account with Docusign connected. It takes about 30 seconds.
- Will anything be sent without me seeing it?
- No. Every send is shown to you first, with the template it found in your account and each recipient's name and email, because Docusign notifies the recipient the moment an envelope goes out and there is no unsend. Nothing leaves until you say yes.
- Can it send the attached document for signature?
- Yes. Forward the contract itself and Docusign sends that document. Name the words the signature should sit beside and it places the fields there; say nothing and the signer places them. Your saved templates still work by name, and they are the better route for a document you send often.
- Can it prepare the envelope without sending it?
- Yes. Ask for a draft and the envelope sits in your Docusign account at created status, emailed to nobody, until you open it and press Send yourself.
- Can I cancel an envelope after it has gone out?
- Yes, by asking: forward another email telling ForwardThis to void it. Docusign requires a reason and emails every recipient to say it was cancelled. That second email cannot be recalled, which is why voiding is a request of its own rather than an undo button.
- Can it tell me who has signed?
- Yes. Ask which envelopes are still waiting, or whether a particular one is done, and ForwardThis replies with the status straight from your account: sent, delivered, completed or declined. It can also send the signers a reminder.
- Can't I send for signature straight from Gmail or Outlook?
- You can. Docusign's add-ons for Gmail and Outlook build an envelope without leaving those apps, and if you live in one of them they are worth having. ForwardThis needs no add-in and works from any email app: one forward, one approval, done.
- What happens to my email afterwards?
- It gets deleted. ForwardThis holds your email briefly, then removes it completely. Nothing is stored long term.