Quicktion

Create Your First Destination

A destination is a unique email address (like abc123@in.quicktion.io) that's linked to a Notion database, Google spreadsheet, or Airtable table. Any email forwarded to that address gets saved as a new page in Notion, a new row in Google Sheets, or a new record in Airtable.

You can create multiple destinations for different purposes -- one for receipts, one for newsletters, one for client emails, and so on.

Prerequisites

Before creating a destination, you need to have connected at least one integration: connect your Notion workspace, connect your Google account, or connect your Airtable account.

Create a Destination

  1. Sign in to your Quicktion dashboard at quicktion.io.
  2. Click New Destination.
  3. Select the integration you want to use — a Notion workspace, Google account, or Airtable account you connected earlier.
  4. Pick the Notion database, Google spreadsheet, or Airtable table where emails should be saved.
  5. Click Create.

You'll now see your new destination with its unique forwarding address (e.g., abc123@in.quicktion.io). Copy this address -- you'll need it to start forwarding emails.

Configure Property Mappings

After creating a destination, you can configure how email fields map to your Notion properties, Google Sheets columns, or Airtable fields. This controls where the subject, sender, date, and body end up.

By default, Quicktion maps:

  • Subject to the page title
  • Sender to an email property (if one exists)
  • Date to a date property (if one exists)
  • Body to the page content (Notion blocks)

You can change these mappings and set default values in the destination settings. For more details, see the help articles on property mappings and default values.

Test Your Destination

Send a test email to make sure everything works:

  1. Open your email client (Gmail, Outlook, or any other).
  2. Forward any email to your destination address (the abc123@in.quicktion.io address you copied earlier).
  3. Wait a few seconds, then check your Notion database, Google spreadsheet, or Airtable table.

You should see a new page, row, or record with the email's subject, sender, date, and body content.

If the Email Doesn't Appear

  • Check the destination address -- Make sure you forwarded to the correct address. Even a small typo will prevent delivery.
  • Wait a moment -- Emails typically arrive in Notion within seconds, but it can occasionally take up to a minute.
  • Check your Quicktion dashboard -- The activity log shows the status of processed emails. Look for any errors there.
  • Verify access permissions -- For Notion, make sure the target database is shared with Quicktion. For Google Sheets, make sure you still have edit access to the spreadsheet. For Airtable, make sure Quicktion has access to the base.

Next Steps

Now that your destination is working, you can:

  • Set up auto-forwarding rules in Gmail or Outlook so emails are sent to Quicktion automatically, without manual forwarding.
  • Create more destinations for different databases or use cases.
  • Customize property mappings to control exactly how email data is stored.
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