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Can I use an email forwarded for 'Email to Dropbox' feature for attachments?
I've enabled the email to dropbox feature and can receive emails to long email address supplied. I've tried setting up a shorter email on my custom domain to auto forward to the long address but it...
- It can’t be done. I had got in contact with their advanced support team and below is the response I got:
Hello there,
Thanks for contacting Dropbox Support! My name is Iliana, and I am an Advanced Support Specialist. I will be assisting you further with this matter.
I understand you are trying to redirect emails to the "Email to Dropbox" email address. At this time, it is not possible to set up auto-forwarding or any email redirect because it requires a confirmation code sent to the "Email to Dropbox" address behind the scenes, and this code can not be received when not sent direct to the Dropbox-generated email. At this time, the Dropbox-generated email address is the only one that can be used to upload to Dropbox. The confirmation code is not something that you will see on your end.
Hello @boj_man
Thank you for your answer. I appreciate.
That make it clear to me. I'll sort it out in another wat.
Email to Dropbox is a really good feature, but the lack of will from Dropbox's side to solve the auto-forwarding code really hampers it and makes it not so useful.
Another additional request would be to be able to create multiple email addresses, each one pointing to a specific folder.
In the meantime, you can use this Google Script code to automate without requiring verification:
function forwardEmails() {
// Set the labels to check
var labelsToCheck = ["Bills/invoices", "Any other label you want"];
// Set the forwarding email address
var forwardAddress = "your.unique.address@addtodropbox.com";
// Build the search query
var searchQuery = 'is:unread ';
for (var i = 0; i < labelsToCheck.length; i++) {
if (i > 0) {
searchQuery += ' OR ';
}
searchQuery += 'label:' + labelsToCheck[i];
}
// Get the Gmail threads with the specified labels
var threads = GmailApp.search(searchQuery);
// Loop through each thread
for (var i = 0; i < threads.length; i++) {
var thread = threads[i];
console.log(thread.getLabels())
// Get the first message in the thread
var message = thread.getMessages()[0];
// Forward the message
message.forward(forwardAddress);
// Mark the message as read (optional)
message.markRead();
}
}
