Email files to OneDrive
Forward an attachment to your own Email It In address and it is saved in your OneDrive. There is nothing to install: the file is on OneDrive.com straight away, and on your PC and phone the next time OneDrive syncs.
Paid plans start at $5 a month for 200 files a month, with no email size limit. To try it out, the free plan takes up to 20 files a month, in emails up to 5 MB.
How to set it up
Sign in with OneDrive
Use the Microsoft account you open OneDrive with, and allow Email It In to save files there.
Your address is ready
There is no folder to set up. Email It In makes a folder called "Email It In" at the top of your OneDrive the first time a file arrives.
Forward, send or scan to it
Use the address from any email account, a phone or a scanner. Each attachment appears in OneDrive under its own file name.
Where the files go in OneDrive
Files go to OneDrive › Email It In. On a paid plan you can choose another folder, such as Documents/Paperwork, and Email It In creates any folder that does not exist yet.
A paid plan can also make a folder for each email subject. All the attachments from one email then stay together in a folder named after its subject.
Two files with the same name
If the folder already has a file with that name, a paid plan gives you two choices:
- Keep both: OneDrive gives the new file a new name with a number, so nothing is lost.
- Replace: the new file takes the place of the old one.
Questions about OneDrive
Do I need the OneDrive app on my computer?
No. Email It In saves files to OneDrive in the cloud, so they are on OneDrive.com right away. You only need the OneDrive app if you want the files on your PC as well.
I can't see the files on my PC. Where are they?
Check OneDrive.com first. If the files are there, the OneDrive app on your PC has not synced yet. Your delivery log, in your Email It In account, lists every file filed and when.
Can I send large files to OneDrive?
Yes, on a paid plan: there is no size limit, and large files are uploaded to OneDrive in parts. The free plan takes up to 20 files a month, in emails up to 5 MB.
More answers in the FAQ. Scanning from an office copier? See scan to the cloud from any copier.
Get your address
Paid plans start at $5 a month for 200 files a month, with no email size limit. To try it out, the free plan takes up to 20 files a month, in emails up to 5 MB.