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title: Receive Email 
url: https://www.tines.com/docs/actions/types/receive-email/
updated: 2025-07-08T15:30:01+00:00
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# Receive Email 

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The Receive Email Action, formerly known as the IMAP Action, emits Events when it detects new emails on an IMAP server or when emails are sent to a uniquely generated email address.

Use the Receive Email Action to automate actions based on received emails, for example: analyze potentially malicious emails for threats; auto-respond to customers based on email subject or body; or alert teammates in Slack when particular emails are received. To trigger the action, send an email to the email address listed on the action.

![](https://www.datocms-assets.com/55802/1677018907-cleanshot-2023-02-21-at-16-33-23.png)

## Features

The Receive Email action has two modes of operations:

- [Email mode](https://www.tines.com/docs/email/) - the action emits Events when it detects emails sent to a uniquely generated email address (default).
- [IMAP mode](https://www.tines.com/docs/imap/) - the action emits Events when it detects new emails on an IMAP server.