# IFTTT Tutorial **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [June 1, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ifttt-tutorial/48044 "2021-06-01T21:00:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peter\_Bittner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_bittner/32/16698_2.png) [@Peter\_Bittner](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Bittner)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ifttt-tutorial/48044/1 "2021-06-01T21:00:36Z")
Is there such a thing? I want to use IFTTT to send me an email when a particular flow has started, such as a certain sensor battery needs to be replaced, as the messages can be missed. I have installed the IFTTT App on Homey and my phone but I am struggling to work out how to connect the two. Here is what I did in Homey. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/c/9/c994253dad50647b4877e0dd84583c219877a08d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Undertaker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/undertaker/32/53278_2.png) [@Undertaker](https://community.homey.app/u/Undertaker)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 4:54am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ifttt-tutorial/48044/2 "2021-06-02T04:54:46Z")
You can do that without IFTTT. Homey can do this without going through IFTTT. > **[Email sender](https://homey.app/de-de/app/email.sender/Email-sender/)** > > Send email using Homey ![Screenshot_20210602-065125_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/a/0/a09f5ce6fe39a5510b8f11a46d510ec7b804540e.jpeg) Alternatively, you can have Homey send you a push message to your mobile phone. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Bittner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_bittner/32/16698_2.png) [@Peter\_Bittner](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Bittner)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ifttt-tutorial/48044/3 "2021-06-02T19:37:11Z")
Thanks, I was reluctant to use email sender. It appeared from reading the App description that you had to reduce security of your email service. I was also really wanting to use this to learn about the interaction of IFTTT and Homey. So my flow did work and I got an email, but it was pretty generic. So if Homey detects a sensor with low battery does it set any variable with that sensors name? And, How do you pass data from Homey to IFTTT? Here is my IFTTT script. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/3/d/3d9a650efd4c951a61101148cd896f2947fae8fd.jpeg)