---
title: "Files by mail: send a file to Adea and ask · Adea"
description: "Adea is built to read the files you mail to your own Adea address, so an export or report can be asked about without any set-up."
url: https://adea.app/integrations/inbox
---

# Mail a file to Adea and ask about what is in it.

A report that lands in your inbox every week can be read by Adea too, and compared with your other numbers.

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## What Adea reads from Files by mail

- Excel and CSV attachments on mail sent to your Adea address
- Each mail as a dated delivery, so you can follow changes
- Headers and columns, read as tables
- Only mail sent to your Adea address, never your own inbox

## How it connects

Mail the file to Adea

## What you can ask

You ask

What changed in this week's supplier report compared with last week?

Adea answers

11 of 340 lines changed. Eight prices went up, by 3 percent on average, and three items went out of stock.

You ask

How many returns does the carrier's weekly file list?

Adea answers

176 returns, 29 more than last week. 52 of them came from one depot.

## Questions about Files by mail

### Does Adea read my own mailbox?

No. It reads only mail that is sent to the address Adea gives you.

### Which attachments can Adea read?

Excel and CSV files.

### Will Adea send or delete mail?

No. It only reads what arrives at its own address.

## Other sources like this

[Google Sheets](https://adea.app/integrations/sheets) [Excel and CSV](https://adea.app/integrations/excel) [All sources](https://adea.app/integrations)

## What do you want to know?

- Which members haven't booked in 30 days?
- Why did revenue drop in Odense last week?
- How full were Monday's evening classes?
- What changed after the price increase?
- Who should we call about failed payments?

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