If you email a photo to trigger@recipe.iftt.com, then it will download to your device.

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Connect

If you email a photo to trigger@recipe.iftt.com, it will download to the IFTT album on your device.

If

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Send IFTTT any email

Send IFTTT any email at trigger@applet.ifttt.com and this Trigger fires. You can optionally add a single file attachment and IFTTT will create a public URL to the file as an Ingredient. This trigger will reject emails with attachments over 30MB.

Then

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Add photo to album

This Action will save a new photo to the album you specify.

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