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Is there any way to periodically check for new emails?

  • July 4, 2024
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Hi all,

 

I have a zap that is triggered when an email is received and sends it to AI, does some categorisation and tagging  etc… before adding the entry to a google sheet etc… At the moment the zap uses about 3 tasks per email, and there is typically 600 in each campaign, and they are run every couple of days…. it is going to cost a fortune.

Rather than run the zap every time an email comes in, I’d like it to kick of every hour, lowering the task usage of the zap.

When I use Zapier Scheduler to ‘trigger’ the zap, the ability to check for new email matching search disappears from the next action.

Co-pilot seems to be suggesting all sorts from scripts to how to send an email etc… searching the help hasn’t helped in this situation…. anyone come across this? I am pretty close to the problem, so it may be something obvious or I’m going about it the wrong way.

What I usually see 

 

What I see after inserting the scheduler before the outlook step (no option for new email matching search):

 

 

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Troy Tessalone
Zapier Orchestrator & Solution Partner
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  • Zapier Orchestrator & Solution Partner
  • July 4, 2024

Hi @Mileage 

Zap apps have trigger events and actions events.

Trigger events can only be used in Step 1 of a Zap.

Action events can only be used in Step 2+ of a Zap.