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Forward Gmail into Coparency.

Set up a Gmail filter that quietly forwards every co-parenting email to your Coparency inbox — so nothing slips between two apps.

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What you'll need from Coparency

Two things, both available inside the app:

  • Your Coparency inbox address. This is the address Coparency listens on — anything sent here arrives in your messages. It looks like a7k3m9p2@msg.coparency.com. In Coparency, open Account → Coparency to find it.
  • Your co-parent's email address(es). The addresses they send mail from today.

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What this guide does

A Gmail filter quietly forwards emails from people you choose to your Coparency address. It's the simplest way to start using Coparency without asking your co-parent to change anything on their end. This is useful when:

  • Your co-parent prefers their regular email over installing a new app.
  • Professional contacts (lawyers, mediators, therapists) communicate by email.
  • You want all co-parenting messages — and only those — in one place.

Step-by-step

1

Add your Coparency inbox as a forwarding address in Gmail

  1. Open Gmail and click the gear icon in the top right.
  2. Click "See all settings".
  3. Go to the "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" tab.
  4. Click "Add a forwarding address".
  5. Paste your Coparency inbox address from the app.
  6. Click "Next", then "Proceed".

Gmail will send a confirmation email to your Coparency inbox. Open Coparency, find the confirmation message, and click the link inside to verify.

2

Create a label (recommended)

A label keeps forwarded emails organized in Gmail too.

  1. In Gmail, scroll down in the left sidebar and click "+ Create new label".
  2. Enter "Coparency" as the label name.
  3. Click "Create".
3

Create a filter for co-parenting emails

  1. In Gmail, click in the search bar at the top.
  2. Click the filter icon (or "Show search options") on the right.
  3. In the "From" field, enter your co-parent's email address. If they use more than one, separate them with OR, like: jordan@example.com OR jordan.work@example.com.
  4. Click "Create filter".

Tip: Coparency can pre-build this filter string for you with every contact email already included. Open the app, go to your co-parent's Contact, and look for the email forwarding helper.

4

Configure the filter actions

Check the following actions:

  • Skip the Inbox (Archive it) — keeps your Gmail inbox clean.
  • Apply the label: select "Coparency" (if you created it).
  • Forward it to: select your Coparency inbox address.
  • Never send it to Spam — recommended.

Click "Create filter" to save.

5

Test the setup

  1. Ask your co-parent (or a friend) to send a test email.
  2. Confirm the email arrives in Gmail with the Coparency label.
  3. Open Coparency and verify the message lands in your inbox.

Once verified, every matching email will quietly land in both Gmail and Coparency from now on.

Need help?

Filter not working? Make sure you clicked the confirmation link Gmail sent to your Coparency inbox.

Adding more contacts later? Edit the filter's "From" field and append each new email with OR.

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