Automatically Forward and Summarize Gmail Messages with Sumup

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Published 2 months ago
on Mar 3, 2024, 12:00 AM

Setting up Gmail to forward to Sumup is a simple, one-time process that takes less than 15 minutes. Here's a step-by-step guide to get you started.


1. Sign up for a Sumup Email Address

If you haven't already, sign up for a Sumup account at www.sumup.email. You'll be given a unique email address that you can use to forward emails to Sumup.

Sign Up for Sumup.email

2. Enable forwarding from Gmail to your Sumup account

  1. On your computer, open Gmail using the account you want to forward messages from. You can only forward messages for a single Gmail address, and not an email group or alias.

  2. In the top right, click "Settings" and then "See all settings".

  3. Click the "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" tab.

  4. In the "Forwarding" section, click Add a forwarding address.

  5. Enter the email address you recieved from Sumup to forward messages to.

  6. Click "Next". You will be asked to log in. Then click Proceed to send a verification message will be sent to your Sumup address.

  7. Refresh your Sumup inbox. Open the "Gmail forwarding verification" email and click the verification link.

3. Create a filter to forward unread newsletters to Sumup

Now that we've got the forwarding set up, let's select the newsletters we want to summarize.

3.1 Make list of your newsletters' senders

  1. Open your Gmail inbox and find an example of a newsletter you'd like to forward to Sumup.

  2. Right click, and click Find emails from [SENDER NAME]

  3. The search box will now contain from:[email protected]. Copy and save this senders' email in a temporary document.

  4. Repeat this process for all the newsletters you'd like to forward to Sumup, separating each email with a pipe | symbol (NOTE: this is not the letter "I"). You should end up with a list of email addresses that looks like this:

3.2 Set up a gmail filter and forward to Sumup

  1. Go to your inbox.

  2. In the search bar, type from:(YOUR LIST OF EMAILS) and press Enter.

  3. Verify these are the emails you want to forward to Sumup.

  4. Click the "Show Search Options"

  5. Click "Create filter"

  6. In the next window, check the box that says "Forward it to" and select your Sumup email address from the dropdown.

  7. Optional: You can also check the box that says "Mark as read" and **Apply The Label: News and Newsletters" to keep your inbox clean.

  8. Click Create Filter.

🎉 You're all set! Your newsletters will be forwarded to Sumup and summarized for you everyday.