I’m confused about the process of setting up a filter in GMail to automatically forward certain messages to Asana. When GMail sends a confirmation code to the forwarding address (x@mail.asana.com), it uses a google.com address. So how can I see the confirmation code GMail requires?
Thanks! Seems like I’m overlooking something pretty basic…
Hi @Mark_Ganem
I don’t think you can. The x@mail.asana.com is a generic address that depending on the sender it determines which User to add the task to.
Assuming you already have your Gmail account as a registered email account in Asana.
Sorry can’t be much help.
Jason.
Hi Jason, thanks for your reply! The Asana Guide topic “Turning Emails into Asana Tasks” suggests this is possible (Turning emails into Asana tasks | Product guide • Asana Product Guide) and even provides a link to gmail forwarding instructions. See screenshot:
Same issue here. I can manually forward emails to Asana. But I would like to automatically forward them. The lack of confirmation code is a problem.
No news? I have the same problem.
Hey there! I know I’m super late to this forum but I was hunting for the same answer myself.
Played around for a little while and worked it out! As long as you add the forwarder email address to your workspace + project first, the confirmation code will pull through as a task in your project and you’ll be able to put the code in from there. Hope that helps!
You have to follow the instructions on this link. Then it will work.
https://asana.com/guide/help/email/email-to-asana
Hey!
I resolved this by using Zapier in between. So I created a Zap that where the trigger is new impound email to Zapier email and action is to send email with " Send Email in SMTP by Zapier". With that you can decide from which address the email is sent so you can put there the email account that is linked to your Asana account (so that the tasks go to your “MyTask” -list).
For the confirmation email from Google you can either get the code from Asana task after you have completed the Zap and sent the confirmation email to the Zapier inbox. Other way is that you first put the Zap forward the incoming emails to your own email, do the confirmation and then change the “to” -field to x@mail.asana.com.
Hope this helps!
Antti
Hi,
Where can I add my forwarding email address to on my workspace?
This helped, genius!! :)) Thank youuuu!
