What's the best way to send automated messages on Slack?

I want to be able to send automated DM on slack whenever certain events occur (e.g. a new user signs up) or based on some user info (e.g. a user has not uploaded a profile picture). You can look at it as a CRM management within a slack community. U… See more
Matteo GambaProduct Manager · Asked

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Lakshan PereraCreator of pragma.build · Written
You can use Nestor to create a programmable bot.
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Slack Email Integration

Mike Coutermarsh48Code @ Product Hunt · Written
This is super basic, but i keep using it because it's just so easy. They give you a custom email address, then whatever you send to it ends up in Slack. I like it because it's simple. Any programming language/stack/whatever you're using can probably easily send email. So this is a quick/dirty way to get notifications into slack without much work. Plus it's Slack official, so we can trust it will be around and working.
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