# Having Glide Send Automatic Emails **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [January 10, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/having-glide-send-automatic-emails/69444 "2024-01-10T13:21:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Benjamin\_Strickland](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/benjamin_strickland/32/68255_2.png) [@Benjamin\_Strickland](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Benjamin_Strickland)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/having-glide-send-automatic-emails/69444/1 "2024-01-10T13:21:22Z")
Please view the video below: [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/2/1/2102f70d958c9a1fca2964d910a0f4bd4b661798.jpeg "Sending An Email in Glide") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2BHhyzSxTc) Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Eric\_Penn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/eric_penn/32/73888_2.png) [@Eric\_Penn](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Eric_Penn)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/having-glide-send-automatic-emails/69444/2 "2024-01-10T13:29:01Z")
I think the issue is trying to use that lookup array in the send email action. If you only want the email to go to your specific email why not just type your email in the ‘To:’ field of the action ---
**Author:** ![nathanaelb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathanaelb/32/43079_2.png) [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/having-glide-send-automatic-emails/69444/3 "2024-01-10T14:20:32Z")
Hi Benjamin, thanks for the video. Your video is cropped, we can barely see the configuration in your left and right panes, it’s difficult to make out. I understand you are configuring a form screen. Actions are executed when they are triggered by the click of a button, of an image. Inputing data in a field does not trigger an action, you would need to click on Submit (that is the click) and then include your Email To Me action as an On Submit action. ![CleanShot 2024-01-10 at 15.17.58](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/5/1/5111e0fd92badf053a8a2cb41377841c8946c50f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Benjamin\_Strickland](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/benjamin_strickland/32/68255_2.png) [@Benjamin\_Strickland](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Benjamin_Strickland)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/having-glide-send-automatic-emails/69444/4 "2024-01-10T15:29:33Z")
Sorry about the video. But “On Submit”, I have not seen that command. Where is it? ---
**Author:** ![nathanaelb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathanaelb/32/43079_2.png) [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/having-glide-send-automatic-emails/69444/5 "2024-01-10T15:34:09Z")
See the screenshot in my previous answer. ---
**Author:** ![Benjamin\_Strickland](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/benjamin_strickland/32/68255_2.png) [@Benjamin\_Strickland](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Benjamin_Strickland)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/having-glide-send-automatic-emails/69444/6 "2024-01-10T16:22:06Z")
Thanks, but I never would have known about “On Submit” without your input. I have not seen that documented or maybe I missed it. ---
**Author:** ![nathanaelb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathanaelb/32/43079_2.png) [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/having-glide-send-automatic-emails/69444/7 "2024-01-10T18:07:10Z")
Be careful when the on-submit action uses data from the new row that is just being added. The action might trigger so quickly, upon the click, that the data of the new row isn’t yet in the table. So either you avoid on-submit actions with that new data, or you can try adding a wait action, 1 to 3 seconds for instance, at the beginning of the custom action to give the data time to populate the table. ---
**Author:** ![Benjamin\_Strickland](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/benjamin_strickland/32/68255_2.png) [@Benjamin\_Strickland](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Benjamin_Strickland)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/having-glide-send-automatic-emails/69444/8 "2024-01-10T18:09:04Z")
Thanks