Understand the concept of email synchronization in Twenty, including how to read synced emails, connect new mailboxes, and set sharing levels.
The system links emails from known contacts directly to their CRM records, keeping all communication up to date. It's important to avoid syncing emails from impersonal addresses such as team@ and support@, or from personal email providers like Gmail or Outlook, to ensure privacy and relevance.
Go to a specific Person
or Company
record page, then select the Emails
tab to view synced emails instantly. Click on an email to open it.
You can customize how you share and manage your emails through the settings.
To connect a Gmail mailbox, go to Settings
> Accounts
, then click the Add account
button. You can add several mailboxes to your account.
After connecting a mailbox, visit the Emails
tab and select the desired mailbox to customize its settings.
The initial import may take some time, and it will be followed by automatic updates every ten minutes.
From here, you can choose different levels of sharing for outbound and inbound emails:
Contact auto-creation is a handy built-in feature. This default feature automatically adds email contacts not already in your CRM, boosting your contact list without any extra effort on your part. To manage this feature, go to Settings
> Email
. You can toggle it on or off. Remember, turning it off means that all new email contacts must be manually entered into the CRM.
Soon, you will have the capability to send emails, view attachments, and request access to email content that you're not allowed to read.
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