# Send a new email
1. **Select Gmail** as your target app. Pick the connection you want to use, or create a new one, and click “Continue.”
2. **Choose “Send new email”** as your action, as well as the email you want to use. Click “Continue” to display the data template.
3. **Fill in the data template**, linking source and target fields. You must fill in the required fields, but you may skip the optional ones. Click “Map” when you’re done.
{% hint style="info" %}
The “content plain \[content\_plain]” and “content html \[content\_html]” refer to your email’s body. This may be a constant, copying a predesigned template instead of assigning a source field.
{% endhint %}
4. **Verify your target is active** in the upper-right corner. Click “Add a target” or “Save” to add more apps or save your Gear.
{% hint style="warning" %}
Make sure you turn on your Gear on the “Gears” menu before leaving GearPlug!
{% endhint %}
