Sending an e-mail notification

It's now time to make our first project: sending e-mail notifications! For this first approach to notifications, we'll simply send a message at regular intervals to the e-mail address of your choice.

To connect the ESP8266 to IFTTT, we need a channel called Maker, which is available on IFTTT. You first need to go to the Channels tab and find this channel:

Sending an e-mail notification

Once the channel is opened on your screen, you need to connect it to your IFTTT account:

Sending an e-mail notification

This will allow you to get a key for your Maker Channel:

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