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Monitor emails and send notifications to Telegram

7 nodes 309 130 Manual trigger
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Workflow Description

Automation that reads incoming emails via IMAP protocol and delivers them as notifications to Telegram channels, enabling real-time monitoring of important messages without constantly checking your email client.

How it works

  1. 1.Connect to email account via IMAP and retrieve new messages from inbox
  2. 2.Extract and format email content including sender, subject, and body text
  3. 3.Send formatted message notification to designated Telegram channel or chat
  4. 4.Wait between message processing to prevent notification flooding
  5. 5.Log processing status and results for audit and troubleshooting

Use cases

  • Receive instant alerts when important emails arrive from clients or team members
  • Monitor incoming emails during work without switching to email application
  • Route sensitive emails to private Telegram groups for team collaboration

Requirements

  • Email account with IMAP support enabled and valid login credentials
  • Active Telegram account with a channel, group, or chat prepared to receive messages
  • Valid Telegram bot token with send permissions in the target chat

Service Value

Ideal as a smart automation service combining integrations and AI to produce ready-to-use results.

Apps Used

Email Read Imap Telegram

Details

Trigger Manual trigger
Nodes 7
Apps 2
Views 309
Downloads 130

How to Use

  1. 1.Click "Download Template"
  2. 2.Open your n8n dashboard
  3. 3.Go to Workflows > Import from File
  4. 4.Select downloaded file and configure credentials

Nodes Used (7)

Email Trigger (IMAP)

Email Read Imap

#1

Telegram

Set

#2

Github Gist

HTTP Request

#3

Sticky Note

Sticky Note

#4

Wait

Wait

#5

Telegram ‌

Set

#6

Github Gist ‌

HTTP Request

#7