Integrations / Email
Connect MailSlurp to WhatsApp: emails and inboxes by chat
Flann is an AI agent your business talks to on WhatsApp. Connect MailSlurp once, then ask Flann to look things up in it or get work done in it, by text or voice note. Few owners have time to sit with an inbox. Flann turns MailSlurp into something you check in a sentence.
14 actions in MailSlurp. 9 only look things up, and 5 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in MailSlurp
Send any of these on WhatsApp, in your own words. Flann finds the right MailSlurp action and fills in the details from the conversation.
“Show me my emails in MailSlurp.”
“Show me my contacts in MailSlurp.”
“Show me my sent emails in MailSlurp.”
“Send an email from MailSlurp.”
“Create an inbox in MailSlurp.”
What Flann can work with in MailSlurp
MailSlurp gives Flann 14 actions across 7 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Inboxes | createdeletelook upupdate | 5 |
| Emails | look upsend | 3 |
There are three ways to get emails work done in MailSlurp. Side by side:
| Compare | In MailSlurp yourselfYou click through each job | A rules toolRuns the steps you wired up | Flann on MailSlurpYou ask, Flann does the clicking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asking for something | Open the app and find the right page | Only what was wired up in advance | A WhatsApp message, typed or spoken |
| Finding answers about emails | Filters and searches you run yourself | Only the look-ups someone built | 9 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Making changes | Typed in by hand | Run unchecked once built | 5 changes, made from a message |
| MailSlurp records | All of them, one screen at a time | Only the ones you wire up | 7 kinds, from one chat |
| Getting connected | Nothing new to set up | Someone builds and maintains each flow | Your MailSlurp API key, once |
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Step by step: MailSlurp jobs you can hand to Flann
Each step below names the MailSlurp action Flann actually runs.
Find an email and send it
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Find the email we talked about in MailSlurp and send it.”
- Flann runs
List Emailsin MailSlurp and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Send Emailin MailSlurp. - It confirms in the chat once it is sent.
Create an inbox from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create an inbox in MailSlurp with these details.”
- Flann runs
List Inboxesin MailSlurp and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create Inboxin MailSlurp. - Flann creates it in MailSlurp and confirms in the chat.
Get answers about your contacts
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our contacts in MailSlurp?”
- Flann runs
List Contactsin MailSlurp and shows you what it found. - Nothing in MailSlurp is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Repetitive MailSlurp work Flann takes off your plate
These are the jobs that come back every day or every week. Message Flann instead, and keep the decisions for yourself.
Bills from the inbox into the books
Today
Supplier invoices land in MailSlurp as attachments, and someone has to download each one and upload it to the accounting app. It is dull, so it waits.
With Flann
“Move this week’s supplier invoices from MailSlurp into our accounting app.”
Picking out the emails in MailSlurp that carry invoices, Flann reads the supplier, amount and due date from each attachment. It prepares a draft bill in your connected accounting app with the file attached.
What you stop doing: Nobody downloads and uploads invoice PDFs by hand any more.
Friday sweep of open threads
Today
By the end of the week, customer threads in MailSlurp are half answered, waiting on you or waiting on them. Nobody has the full picture.
With Flann
“What customer emails in MailSlurp are still open going into the weekend?”
Going through the week’s threads in MailSlurp, Flann groups them into waiting on you, waiting on the customer and resolved, with one line on each. It is a read, so nothing changes.
What you stop doing: The weekend starts without a nagging feeling about the inbox.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to MailSlurp
- Open Connectors in Flann and choose MailSlurp.
- Paste your MailSlurp API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your MailSlurp account settings.
- From then on, message Flann on WhatsApp. It works in MailSlurp whenever a request needs it.
Look-ups run as soon as you ask and change nothing in MailSlurp. You can disconnect MailSlurp from Connectors at any time.
Ways to use MailSlurp with Flann
Triage from WhatsApp
Ask “anything urgent in my email?” Flann checks MailSlurp and tells you what needs you today.
Never miss the follow-up
Ask which emails you have not answered. Flann lists them from MailSlurp with a suggested reply for each.
Draft, do not type
Send a voice note with the gist. Flann turns it into a clean email in MailSlurp for you to check.
Everything Flann can do in MailSlurp
The full list of MailSlurp actions available to Flann once you connect it.
Looks up 9
- Get Account Info
- Get Inbox
- List Contact Groups
- List Contacts
- List Domains
- List Email Templates
- List Emails
- List Inboxes
- List Sent Emails
Changes 5
- Create Inbox
- Delete Inbox
- Get Email
- Send Email
- Update Inbox
More Email apps Flann works with
ResendCommon questions
What can Flann do with inboxes in MailSlurp?
Flann can create, delete, look up and update inboxes in MailSlurp, using 5 actions (Create Inbox, Delete Inbox, Get Inbox, List Inboxes and more). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change inboxes in MailSlurp.
What can Flann do with emails in MailSlurp?
Flann can look up and send emails in MailSlurp, using 3 actions (Get Email, List Emails, Send Email). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change emails in MailSlurp.
How does Flann connect to MailSlurp?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose MailSlurp and paste your MailSlurp API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your MailSlurp account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 14 actions in MailSlurp.
Can I use MailSlurp from WhatsApp?
Yes. You talk to Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and Flann works in MailSlurp for you. You do not need to open MailSlurp.
Does connecting MailSlurp cost extra?
No. MailSlurp is included in every Flann plan, along with every other app Flann connects to.