fwd2cal

What fwd2cal is

A small automation for a specific annoyance. You forward an email to a dedicated address and it reads out the date, time, place and participants, then creates the calendar event.

It is built for people who constantly copy meeting details out of email by hand.

What you can do with it

• Forward a meeting email and get an event
• Extract time, location and attendees automatically
• Handle event and appointment confirmations
• Add travel and activity details to a calendar
• Work across several mailboxes
• Self-host, since the project is open source

Who it is for

• Knowledge workers with heavy email schedules
• Administrative staff
• Salespeople booking meetings
• Volunteer and community organisers

What to watch out for

• Check the created event when times are vague or time zones are involved
• Forwarding email means the service reads message content, so check the privacy policy
• Google Calendar access needs reviewing and can be revoked
• Important cross-timezone meetings should be confirmed manually