Never Miss an Important Email!

I get almost 200 emails every day just on my business mailbox, this means that there is always a fear of missing out on important emails. In fact, this fear has come true a few times in the last couple of months.

I decided to solve this problem with an LED connected to Bolt WiFi Module which will glow when I receive emails from specific email IDs. Alternatively, you can even connect a Buzzer or an actuator to indicate that an important email has hit your inbox. #AutomaticAlert

Building this project with Integromat is super easy.

Step 1: Hardware connections

Interface the circuit as shown below. It is just one LED plugged into Bolt.

Step 2: Login to your Integromat account

A product hunt user calls Integromat as 'the IFTTT on Steroids'. Watch the video below for more details:

Step 3: Create a new 'Scenario'

Step 4: Search for Bolt IoT and Gmail apps and click on them to select

Then press continue in the top right-hand corner.

Step 5: Setup the 'Scenario'

• Click on the question mark at the centre.

• Select Gmail icon.

• Choose 'Watch emails' under Triggers section.

• Click on Add to connect to your Gmail account.

• Under Folder choose Inbox

• In Criteria select 'Only Unread emails'

• Leave rest of the settings as it is.

• In the lower right-hand side corner of the Gmail Tab, select the 'Show advanced settings' option

• Enter the Sender email address whose emails you want to get an alert.

• Then press OK

Step 6: Interface Bolt IoT with Gmail

• Click on Add another Module

• Select Bolt IoT - Execute Command

• Add your Bolt connection using the API Key

• In command select 'Write digital output' since LED is an output device.

• The device name can be found on the Bolt cloud dashboard

• Choose the Pin to which you connected the longer end of the LED and state as High

• Press Ok

Step 7: Scheduling

Click on scheduling in the lower left-hand corner and choose the time for the system to poll your Gfmail to check any new incoming emails.

That's it. Your email alert system is ready. :-)