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Sending an email to a different address every day

  • January 23, 2023
  • 3 replies
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Hi, I’m trying to create a zap that should:

  • Be triggered every day at 9 AM
  • Look for the email address associated to date of the current day in a Google Sheets file with a list of ~300 dates and email addresses
  • Send an email via Gmail to the address corresponding to that day’s date
  • Repeat the process every day for the rest of the year, iterating through the different email addresses associated to the different days in the Google Sheet, as the days go by
  • Stop after December 31, 2023

I’ve looked through online resources, other Community’s posts, but couldn’t find the right answer/set of instructions.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

Federico

Best answer by Troy Tessalone

Hi @Federico J 

Good question.

Try these Zap steps…

  1. Trigger: Schedule
  2. Action: Formatter > Date / Time > Format
  3. Action: GSheets - Lookup Row
  4. Action: Gmail - Send Email
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Troy Tessalone
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  • Troy TessaloneZapier Orchestrator & Solution Partner
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  • January 23, 2023

Hi @Federico J 

Good question.

Try these Zap steps…

  1. Trigger: Schedule
  2. Action: Formatter > Date / Time > Format
  3. Action: GSheets - Lookup Row
  4. Action: Gmail - Send Email
⚡ Troy Tessalone - AutomationAce.com | Platinum Zapier Solution Partner | #1 Zapier Community Contributor
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  • Federico JBeginner
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  • January 23, 2023

Hi @Federico J 

Good question.

Try these Zap steps…

  1. Trigger: Schedule
  2. Action: Formatter > Date / Time > Format
  3. Action: GSheets - Lookup Row
  4. Action: Gmail - Send Email

Hi Troy, thanks for your suggestion, I had all the steps but the 2nd one.
I’m still curious, how does the Zap know that it should look for a different row each passing day without a step that clearly states so?

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Troy Tessalone
Zapier Orchestrator & Solution Partner
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  • Troy TessaloneZapier Orchestrator & Solution Partner
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  • January 23, 2023

@Federico J 

In the GSheets Lookup Row, you should be specifying the day that is formatted from Step 2, thus each day will be a dynamic value.

⚡ Troy Tessalone - AutomationAce.com | Platinum Zapier Solution Partner | #1 Zapier Community Contributor
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