# Email -> Task

## What is this?

You can actually forward emails directly into Ellie (they will be created into tasks and the emails attached directly)

<figure><img src="/files/4d5mEdAhyppo6hKcmMxx" alt=""><figcaption><p>An email directly attached to an Ellie task</p></figcaption></figure>

## Video walkthrough

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=5s&v=9Q4eR5ZqpJQ>" %}

## How to use it

1. Go to Settings -> Power features -> Email forwarding and enable the feature
2. You'll be given 2 email addresses, one to forward tasks into the Braindump and one to forward tasks into Today
3. Copy that email and simply forward any email you want into Ellie. The task should appear within a few seconds (no refresh needed)

<figure><img src="/files/I3dDVR6HpJRtdCKu8sXC" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

<figure><img src="/files/MC3xBcn7ir5xib5tjxDp" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

You can see a task has an email attached to it if you see this email icon on the task card

<figure><img src="/files/bM5yf7QOuM39APjGqMkj" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

{% hint style="warning" %}
Anyone that has this forwarding address can add tasks to your account. Do not share it with anyone
{% endhint %}

## Attach labels to the task

You can quickly add a label to a task by including it in the email subject with brackets (example: \[Personal] or \[Admin work]).

Ellie will auto detect the label in the subject line, extract it and add the relevant label. We will remove the label/brackets from the task description.&#x20;

It is **case insensitive**, but the spelling must be exactly the same as the label. If no labels are found, then nothing will happen.

If there are multiple labels (example: "task name \[personal] \[work]") then only the first will be extracted and the second will be ignored.

## FAQs

1. Can I click on an email and open it in Gmail/Outlook/etc...
   1. Unfortunately this is not possible due to a technical limitation. The email clients don't give me any way to deteremine what kind of client an email came from.
2. Do you support attachments?
   1. Yes! But there is a limit of 10MB (total) and the attachment power feature must be enabled) (more info below)

{% content-ref url="/pages/qloAGlgmV9HDaCLvw8uX" %}
[Task attachments](/features/tasks/task-attachments.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}


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