Email Forwarding
Stop downloading PDFs from your inbox just to upload them to the dashboard. With Outlay's unique email forwarding integration, your inbox does the heavy lifting for you.
Your Unique Inbound Address
Every active user in a workspace is assigned a highly secure, randomized inbound email address. You can find this address in your Profile Settings.
Security Warning
Keep this email address private. Any email received at this address will automatically generate an expense in your workspace, attributed to your user account.
How to Use It
Receive a Receipt
You receive a receipt in your standard inbox from Uber, Swiggy, AWS, or MakeMyTrip. It might be an attached PDF, or the receipt might just be in the HTML body of the email.
Hit Forward
Simply hit "Forward" and send it to your unique @inbound.outlay.site address. You don't need to write a subject or message.
Automatic Processing
Outlay receives the email, strips away your email signature, locates the best attachment (or parses the HTML body), and extracts the expense data. It appears in your dashboard instantly.
Setting up Auto-Forwarding Rules
Power users often set up Gmail or Outlook rules to completely automate this process. For example, you can create a rule in Gmail:
- If sender is:
receipts@uber.com - Then: Forward to
your.unique@inbound.outlay.site