Sometimes, I wish I could send all
my Gmail attachments to Dropbox. Sometimes, I also have an urge to send a few
to my Evernote account just to keep a note of things. Of course, I can download
the files and upload it to Dropbox and Evernote manually, but that’s so old
school.
Today I will show you how you can put
the internet to work for you and automate the task of sending Gmail attachments
to Dropbox and Evernote. We will use two services, namely attachments.me and
Wappwolf to accomplish the task at hand.
Wappwolf and attachments.me are two
online services, just like ifttt for
automating your tasks on the web. Both of them are free to use and
make the process a cakewalk. So let’s start….
Sending an Attachment from Gmail to
Dropbox
Step 1: Before we proceed, let’s make a
new folder in the Dropbox account to save all the Gmail attachments. Though you
can use a pre-existing folder, creating a new one will keep them discrete.
Step 2: Download and install attachments.me extension
for your browser and register yourself using your Google account.
Step
3: The
extension will integrate seamlessly with your Gmail inbox and will start
monitoring all your attached files in your emails. As our aim is to send the
attachments to a folder in Dropbox, we will have to connect both the services
(Dropbox and attachments.me). Click on the attachments.me button (paper clip
icon) and select Manage Cloud Services to connect to your
Dropbox account.
Step 4: After you have connected your Dropbox account to attachments.me, it’s
time to create a rule for the incoming attachments. Again click on
the attachments.me button and select the option Manage Rules.
Step 5: Here, create a new rule by
selecting the type of file you want to send to Dropbox and the folder you want
to send it to. Remember to select the new folder we have specifically created
on Dropbox for the job.
Step 6: Finally save the rule. From
this point on, whenever you get an email which has an attached file matching
the filter you have created, the file will be automatically uploaded to the
folder in Dropbox.
Go ahead and test the connection by
sending yourself a dummy email with an attachment. If you see the attachment in
your Dropbox folder, you are good to proceed.
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With this, we have completed 50% of
the work. Let us now see how you can send these files to Evernote.
Sending an Attachment from Dropbox to
Evernote
Step 1: Open Wappwolf and
create an account to get started. You can use your Dropbox account to sign in
which in turn will take care of connecting to the Dropbox account.
Step 2: Once you login, you’ll be
redirected to your Automations page. If you are a new user, the
page will be empty. Click on the button Create a new automation.
Step
3: Wappwolf
will now load all the folders you have on your Dropbox account. Select the one
you have configured above to get the Gmail attachments delivered and press the
Next button.
Step 4: Now, from the list of actions, search and select Upload it to Evernote and connect Wappwolf to your Evernote account.
Step 5: Having done that, Wappwolf will
ask you to select the Evernote
Notebook you want to upload the attachment file to.
Furthermore, provide the title, text and tags you want for the notes and save
the settings.
6: Finally click on the Finish button at the top of the page to save the
automation.
You can create different Dropbox folders, attachments.me rules and Wappwolf
automations to upload distinct kind of attachments to different Notebooks on
Evernote. If you want to stop the automation, just login to the Wappwolf
automation page and delete the rule.
That’s all, from now on, all the attachments (specific attachments if you have created a filter) will be saved automatically to your Evernote account. Though this process looks a bit lengthy, it’s just a onetime thing. Once you configure it, everything will be automated for you, and you will not even have to raise an eyebrow to send the attachment from Gmail to Evernote.
