Forwarding email

Connecting Gmail is the convenient way in, but you don't have to connect anything at all. Every Dustav has a private forwarding address — send an email there from any account, on any provider, and Dustav reads it the moment it lands. It's the works-anywhere option: Outlook, iCloud, a work address, or just the odd one-off you want filed.

Your forwarding address

Find your address in Settings — it's a private, unguessable address unique to you. Copy it, and forward mail to it like you would to a person.

The address is the credential. There's no password on it; anyone who has it can send mail into your Dustav, so treat it like one — don't post it publicly. If it ever leaks, a forwarded email only ever becomes a reviewable item you can dismiss, never an action taken on your behalf — but keep it private all the same.

What happens when you forward

• If the email matches one of your email rules, Dustav files the rows into that table right away — the same result as if your daily Gmail read had found it.
• If it doesn't match a rule, Dustav surfaces it for you in the Review tab, where you can have it read the email and propose what to do (file it, or put dates on the calendar).
• Attachments come too. A PDF receipt, an image of a schedule, a roster — Dustav reads attachments the same way it reads the body.

Hands-off forwarding

If there's a kind of email you always want captured — say every receipt from one vendor — set up an auto-forward rule in your own email provider that sends those to your Dustav address. Pair that with an email rule and the whole path is automatic: the email arrives, gets forwarded, and files itself into your table, with nothing for you to do.

Forwarding vs. connecting Gmail

Both feed the exact same review and table machinery, so a forwarded email behaves just like a scanned one. The difference is only in how the mail reaches Dustav:

• Connect Gmail — a once-a-day read of your whole inbox, hands-off, Gmail only.
• Forward — you (or a provider auto-forward rule) send specific mail in, from any provider.

Use whichever fits, or both.