As you probably already know I use Flickr to manage and archive all of my images. I usually get at least one email forward from friends or family with photos in it. Instead of downloading these attachments and re-uploading them to Flickr I’ve set up a filter in Gmail to auto forward all image attachments to my upload by email flickr address. Of course I set them all to private by default.
Now whenever someone sends me photos they get saved (privately) in my Flickr. Keep in mind the Flickr upload by email feature can be flaky and isn’t designed for huge files or large numbers of files. I also do the same thing for documents and spreadsheets except I use Google Docs instead of Flickr.
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3 responses to “Auto Forward Gmail Photo Attachments to Flickr”
Cool! I never thought of that.
i tried this but nothing work , i get my flicker email .. i set the gmail filter , and when i receive an email with attachment ( photo ) i see nothing in flicker photostream, but when i forward the same email manually , i see it on flickr .. any help ?
Hmm. Not sure why it isn’t working for you. It works like a charm for me!