In your server, add environment variables config, which is detailed in next part (example):ĪPP_ID=A12ED963ZQS INCOMING_WEBHOOK_URL= TEAM_ID=T12DRSFGE USlackbot_CHANNEL=D050CBER9 VERIFICATION_TOKEN=ZZHla9Kj8l4L28PceIoDB3IX.In Scopes, part Bot Token Scopes add these OAuth Scope:.In the sidebar, go to OAuth & Permissions.Subscribe to message.im in Subscribe to events on behalf of users.In Request URL, add your web server script url.

Navigate to the app dashboard and find Event Subscriptions in the sidebar.

Create a new Slack App named: Gmail Bot or something else Outlook Bot.

In case of Gmail, you will have to provide a verification token which is sent to your Slackbot.

In the forwarding options, put the email generated by Slack to forward email to.

Go to the email provider (like Gmail) from where you want to forward the messages to Slack.Any email sent to this address will appear in your Direct messages with Slackbot. It will generate an email address for you. Add your Slack app config in the server.Use Slack API to post the email on a channel you want to.Use Slack API to get notified about this.(For Gmail find forwarding options from Gmail settings). Add this address as a forwarding address of your email account.If you send any email to this address, it will appear as a file in your Direct messages channel with Slackbot. If your team works on a Slack workspace, and the team has to maintain one, or a bunch of different email ids and wish to be notified of every email instantly on Slack there is a hack for you and an alternative to Send emails to Slack which work only with Free, Standard, Plus, and Enterprise Grid plans.Īfter setting up your Slackbot chat as a forward emailing address of your email account (Steps explained below) this bot watches for messages in the Slackbot chat and whenever a message arrives with an attached email, it forwards it to a channel as a message. View the Project on GitHub mehdichaouch/email-to-slack Send emails to Slack

🏴‍☠ A hack to read emails on a Slack channel while staying in free plan

Forward email to slack