STEP 1
Select Email in workflow
Pick Email app in the workflow builder [4] - just one click to select the app.
Email Integration
Read, search and send email from any provider over IMAP and SMTP: Gmail, Yahoo, iCloud, Fastmail or your own mail server. Start a workflow when a new email arrives. Use Email inside visual workflows on WEXTL to compose logic that vendor integrations alone cannot cover. Pair it with app triggers and actions on the canvas to build end-to-end automations.
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Supported triggers and actions for Email integration
Triggers can detect changes in Email and run actions that can create, search or modify data inside Email automatically [3] — exactly how you set them.
- Watch emailsStart a workflow when a new email arrives in a mailbox.
- List mailboxesList the folders in your mailbox, with their exact names.
- Search emailsFind emails in a mailbox, or fetch one by its id.
- Create a draftSave an email as a draft in your mailbox without sending it.
- Mark an emailMark an email as read or unread, or add or remove its flag.
- Move an emailMove an email to another folder.
- Send an emailSend an email, with cc, bcc, text or HTML, and attachments.
How to integrate Email in automation workflow?
3 simple steps to make your Email connected with other apps in automation workflows on WEXTL. Up to 10 minutes integration set up.
STEP 2
Connect Email
When prompted, authorize access to Email in WEXTL once. Email credentials are encrypted and never shared with WEXTL. Authorization will be reused in any future API calls [3].
Email Access Approval
WEXTL wants to integrate with your Email account. Approve?
STEP 3
Build a workflow
Build your workflow with Email yourself or with WEXTL® AI Builder. Connect Email to any available integrations [5], or use HTTP node to go beyond them.
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Connect Email to popular apps on WEXTL
Enter a name of the other app you want to sync with Email below. Click on selected app to explore integration options with Email. If the app you search for is not available in WEXTL yet, you can use HTTP node [10] instead to integrate it directly.
Example automation with Email integration
Select Watch emails trigger from Email - this will be a starting point in your automation. Whenever event happens in Email, workflow will start [7] from Watch emails node.
Search for Mark an email, connect it as the next step of integration sequence. You can use filters between Watch emails and Mark an email, so only important data pass from Watch emails to the next step. WEXTL gives you full control over the process of Email automation. All parts of workflow are visible on the canvas [4].
Email on WEXTL has 7 modules for building built-in automations. Explore Email documentation for more.
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Watch emails
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Mark an email
Demonstration of how visual Email automation [6] looks in WEXTL.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about automating Email in your workflows.
Email is a built-in WEXTL workflow node. In practice, read, search and send email from any provider over IMAP and SMTP: Gmail, Yahoo, iCloud, Fastmail or your own mail server. Start a workflow when a new email arrives. Configure the node's settings panel to control how it behaves inside your automation.
Drop Email onto the visual canvas alongside app integrations and other built-in workflow nodes. Connect it to the steps before and after, configure its parameters, and it runs as part of the automation every time the workflow executes.
No. Most automations are built visually on the canvas by picking triggers, actions, and mapping fields. You can add custom JavaScript with Functions when advanced logic is needed — but our customers do that in rare cases [4].
Yes. WEXTL authenticates every connection per account, encrypts credentials at rest, and lets you enforce approvals and team-level access controls on any automation that uses Email.
Email runs alongside app integrations on the same workflow canvas. It receives data from upstream steps (triggers or other nodes) and passes results to downstream steps. Refer to our Email Documentation for detailed inputs and outputs.
Absolutely. Email works with every trigger source and every app integration on WEXTL. Combine it with native app triggers, scheduled polling, or the Custom Webhook node so Email can react to events from any external system.
WEXTL is an AI-first visual canvas. The platform allows you to describe automation in plain text — and AI will wire nodes like Email inside the workflow builder [4]. You can combine Email with app integrations and other built-in workflow nodes (AI Agent, Human in the Loop, Condition, Aggregate Results) to build the exact flow you need.
References
List of sources used to gather information about the Email integration.
- Email integration source code, module specs and credentials implementation.
- Internal Email integration documentation, structured input and output parameters, scopes, and authentication methods.
- This is a built-in WEXTL® workflow node — see the Visual Workflow Builder capability page for how it's used on the canvas.
- WEXTL® Visual Workflow Builder, anonymized data from our technical support team.
- WEXTL® Apps Library
- WEXTL® Email App Documentation
- WEXTL® Workflow Scheduler
- WEXTL® HTTP node documentation