Lido Mailbox Trigger

Starts workflow execution when emails arrive in a Lido mailbox.

Overview

The Lido Mailbox Trigger monitors a dedicated Lido email address and runs your workflow when new emails arrive. Each email becomes a workflow item with full email data including subject, body, sender, and attachments.

Use it to:

• Process incoming invoices sent via email
• Extract data from email attachments
• Automate email-based intake workflows
• Route emails based on subject or sender

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required
Mailbox Address	Lido mailbox to monitor	Yes
Poll Interval	How often to check for new emails (minutes, min 1)	Yes
Limit	Maximum emails to process per trigger (1-100)	Yes

Mailbox Address

Select from available Lido mailboxes configured in your workspace. Create a new mailbox in workspace settings if none are available.

Poll Interval

The minimum poll interval is 1 minute. Default is 5 minutes.

Limit

Controls how many emails are processed per trigger execution. Default is 10, maximum is 100.

Output

For each new email, the trigger outputs an item with email data:

{
  "email": {
    "type": "emailData",
    "subject": "Invoice #1234",
    "from": { "name": "Sender Name", "address": "sender@example.com" },
    "to": [{ "address": "your-mailbox@lido.app" }],
    "cc": [],
    "date": "2024-01-15T10:30:00.000Z",
    "textBody": "Please find the attached invoice...",
    "htmlBody": "<p>Please find the attached invoice...</p>",
    "attachments": [
      {
        "type": "fileData",
        "name": "invoice.pdf",
        "mimeType": "application/pdf",
        "fileInfo": { "type": "..." }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Access email properties in expressions:

• Email object: {{$item.email}}
• Subject: {{$item.email.subject}}
• Sender address: {{$item.email.from.address}}
• Body text: {{$item.email.textBody}}
• Attachments: {{$item.email.attachments}}
• First attachment: {{$item.email.attachments[0]}}

Settings

Setting	Description
Starting point	Process all emails or only from a specific date
Retry failed items	Automatically re-process items that failed (default: on)
No retry after node	Stop retrying items that passed a specific node
Reset trigger state	Clear all processing history

Examples

Extract Data from Email Attachments

Process invoices sent to your Lido mailbox:

[Lido Mailbox Trigger] → [Data Extractor (email)] → [Insert Rows]

1. Set Mailbox Address to your intake mailbox
2. Connect to Data Extractor with Source Type set to Email
3. Set Email parameter to {{$item.email}}

Route Emails by Subject

[Lido Mailbox Trigger] → [If (subject contains "invoice")] → True: [Data Extractor] / False: [Send Gmail (forward)]

Save Attachments to Drive

[Lido Mailbox Trigger] → [Split (attachments)] → [Copy File (Google Drive)]

Split attachments into individual items and save each to Google Drive.

Tips

• Create a Lido mailbox in your workspace settings before configuring this trigger
• Email attachments are available as file data — pass them to Data Extractor or file nodes
• Use the Data Extractor with Source Type Email to extract structured data from emails
• Combine with Split to process each attachment individually
• Failed emails are automatically retried with exponential backoff