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Send (and read) email from a connected Google mailbox.
When to use it
Email is the required channel. For high volume, move to a transactional ESP via HTTP Request.
Writeup
Send (and read) email from a connected Google mailbox. Email is the required channel. For high volume, move to a transactional ESP via HTTP Request.
Step by step — how to wire it
01
Add Gmail OAuth2
Credentials → Gmail → sign in with the sending mailbox.
02
Webhook → Gmail
Path lead-mail → Send Email to ops@… with a clear subject prefix.
03
Map fields
Subject/body use {{$json.body.name}} / message when the form is live.
04
Test deliverability
POST once; check Inbox and Spam; adjust From/domain later if needed.
How it functions
Send Email
To, Subject, text/html body — expressions welcome.
OAuth2 mailbox
Sends as the connected Google user; watch spam on first tests.
Used for
Used for 1
Ops inbox fan-out from contact forms
Used for 2
Founder alerts when Slack isn’t enough
Used for 3
Simple transactional mail in early products
Tips
Dedicated ops@ addresses beat personal inboxes for filters.
Pair with Slack if email latency is too slow for claims.