How to Combine Multiple Emails Into a Weekly Digest 10 min read · Written by Mae R Davis · Updated · Emails.
To combine emails into a weekly digest, create separate aliases for the senders you want grouped, for example newsletters@yourname.eml.monster, then point those aliases at a tool that supports scheduled digests, such as Email Monster or Digest by Zapier, and choose a day and time for the bundled email to go out.
An email digest is a single email that bundles multiple messages together and delivers them on a schedule instead of one at a time. Instead of a newsletter, a notification, and a receipt arriving as three separate emails during the week, a digest holds them and sends one summary at the time you pick.
How do you set up a weekly email digest?
Setting up a digest comes down to three steps: give the senders you want bundled their own address, choose which of those addresses feed the digest, and pick a schedule. The rest of this guide walks through each step, plus one alternative tool and how to keep the digest out of spam.
Create aliases to sort incoming mail
An alias is a secondary address that forwards to your real inbox. With Email Monster, any address at yourname.eml.monster works automatically, so you can create one per source without registering it anywhere first. A few examples:
- newsletters@yourname.eml.monster for subscriptions
- notifications@yourname.eml.monster for app and service alerts
- shopping@yourname.eml.monster for promotions and order confirmations
Give each alias to the sender in question, or use it when you sign up for a subscription. Messages sent to it forward to your main inbox, where you can then route them into the digest instead of letting them arrive one at a time.
Choose what goes in the digest, and what doesn't
Not every email belongs in a digest. Time-sensitive messages, like security alerts or anything from people you correspond with directly, should keep arriving right away. Newsletters, marketing emails, and routine notifications are better candidates for bundling. You choose which senders or aliases feed the digest and which stay on immediate delivery, so nothing urgent gets held back a week.
How does Digest by Zapier work as an alternative?
Digest by Zapier is a general-purpose tool built around the same idea: it collects entries from a workflow and releases them together on a schedule instead of one at a time. It isn't limited to email, since it can pull entries from other connected apps too, but you can point it at your inbox and have it compile matching messages into one summary. It's a reasonable option if you're already building Zaps for other automation and would rather keep the digest step there than in a separate inbox tool.
How do you keep a digest email out of spam in Gmail and Outlook?
A digest sends from one consistent address at a set time each week, which is exactly the pattern spam filters sometimes flag. Adding that address to your allowlist before you turn the digest on avoids the problem.
In Gmail
On a computer, open Gmail and click Show search options in the search bar. Next to From, enter the digest's sending address, then click Create filter at the bottom of the search window. Check the box next to Never send it to Spam, then click Create filter again to save it[1].
In Outlook
In Outlook.com, open Settings, then Mail, then Junk email, and go to your Safe senders settings. Under Safe senders and domains, select Add safe sender, enter the digest's sending address, select OK, then Save[2].
It's worth doing this the first time you turn on a digest, then checking your spam folder once after the first send to confirm it landed in your inbox instead.
What if the digest doesn't arrive, or attachments are missing?
If a digest doesn't show up, check your spam or junk folder first, and follow the allowlist steps above if you find it there. Next, confirm the digest setting is still turned on in your account, and that you haven't accidentally blocked the sending address.
Email Monster does not support attachments in digests or forwarded mail[3]. If a sender regularly emails you files you need, keep that sender on immediate delivery instead of routing it into the digest.
FAQs
How do I make sure an important sender ends up in my digest?
Give that sender its own alias, then add the alias to your digest's source list. Anything sent to an address you haven't added to the digest keeps arriving immediately by default, so the digest only includes what you deliberately route into it.
Can I include attachments in a weekly email digest?
Not with Email Monster. Digests and forwarded mail don't carry attachments, so route any sender whose emails include files you need directly to your inbox instead of into the digest.
Why is my digest going to spam?
Because it comes from one address on a fixed schedule, a digest can look like the kind of mail spam filters flag. Add the sending address to Gmail's "Never send it to Spam" filter or Outlook's Safe Senders list before you turn the digest on, using the steps above.
How Email Monster fits
Email Monster gives you unlimited aliases on your own subdomain, each one forwarding to your real inbox, along with sender blocking, an inbox view, and the newsletter digest feature described above. The free plan covers up to 40 incoming emails a month. Premium removes that cap for $6.99 a year, or $2.99 a month if you'd rather pay monthly.