Easily forward your emails from any email client to Todoist to add them as tasks or comments. Forwarding to projects. You can turn your emails into Todoist tasks by forwarding them to a project. The subject line will become the task name, and the body of the email will be added as a comment. All attachments smaller than 25MB will also be attached. Add new labeled emails to Todoist as tasks Business Gmail Accounts Only If you find yourself using your inbox as a to-do list, there's a better way. With the help of Zapier, any time you apply a certain label in Gmail, it will automatically create a task for you in Todoist.
Todoist is a really fantastic service. It’s more fully featured than Wunderlist, but it’s a lot easier for new users than OmniFocus.
One of my most used features from both Wunderlist and OmniFocus was the ability to send tasks from email. Wunderlist’s approach was based on the email coming from a certain email address, and OmniFocus has a “mail drop” feature using a randomly assigned email address. Both of them worked well, but they were also lacking in some functionality. Todoist takes this feature one step further.
Open your inbox (or the project you want to the ability to email tasks into), click the pencil and wrench icon on the top right side, and click Email tasks to this project (this menu is not available on iOS).
You’ll then see a custom email address for this project. The great thing is that each project can have its own email address. In OmniFocus, I would just send everything to the inbox for processing later. With this feature in Todoist, I can actually process everything right from the email before I send it. Attachments are also supported (up to 25MB).
Here are some syntax examples that you can use to automatically assign due dates to tasks (these can be in the subject or the body):
<date tomorrow>
<date today>
<date 2 days>
You can find more detailed examples on the Todoist website.
Emailing tasks to projects does require a premium subscription, but it’s well worth it for the additional value you get from the app. You also get several other features with the premium subscription, like the ability to add notes and reminders to your tasks, filter tasks, and more.
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Gmail helps you get more done, whether you’re writing emails faster with Gmail’s suggestions or taking action right from your inbox with options to view attachments, RSVP to events, and more without opening any emails. However, sometimes you don’t have time to take care of each message as it hits your inbox.
By integrating Todoist with Gmail, you can finally get to inbox zero — just add emails to your to-do list so you can get to them on your schedule. Remember to follow up by adding due dates, reminders, and priorities from within Todoist. Here’s what you can do:
Never forget to follow up by saving emails as Todoist tasks in just two clicks. Each Todoist task will be created with a link that opens directly to the saved email.
Stay in sync on any device. This integration provides real-time syncing everywhere, including smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktops.
Organize your new email tasks into the right projects with due dates and priority levels right from Gmail.