# Workflow to send email when contact type added

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-to-send-email-when-contact-type-added/64448>\
**Category:** CRM\
**Created:** [September 5, 2022, 11:01am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-to-send-email-when-contact-type-added/64448 "2022-09-05T11:01:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![MLawson59](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@MLawson59](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MLawson59)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 11:01am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-to-send-email-when-contact-type-added/64448/1 "2022-09-05T11:01:12Z")

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Hi

I was wondering if anyone could kindly explain how I can create a workflow to send an email to Contacts both manully added on hubspot or through mailchimp AND “Contact Type” = “Candidate” ?

\*Contact Type is a default property created in contact information.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![karstenkoehler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/karstenkoehler/32/68554_2.png) [@karstenkoehler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/karstenkoehler)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 11:14am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-to-send-email-when-contact-type-added/64448/2 "2022-09-05T11:14:51Z")

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Hi @MLawson59,

Manual contacts, contacts from Mailchimp (and any other source, really) can be distinguished by _Original source drill-down 1_ and _Original source drill-down 2_: [Understand Original and Latest traffic source properties](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/contacts/understand-source-properties)

For example, manually added contacts have _Original source drill-down_ _1_ “Contacts”. For Mailchimp, I don’t know the drill-down 1 and 2 of the top of my head but if you look up one contact you know came from Mailchimp, [you can look it up on this specific contact record](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/crm-setup/view-property-history#view-historical-values-for-a-property-on-a-record).

A workflow could then look like this:

 ![karstenkoehler_0-1662376434386.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/5/551952496ebe3c0f5f3207dbe9b3250e872d010a.png)

Once you’ve looked up Mailchimp and what the original source values are here, you’d add those add criteria via the OR operator.

Hope this helps!

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**Author:** ![MLawson59](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@MLawson59](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MLawson59)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 10:58am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-to-send-email-when-contact-type-added/64448/3 "2022-09-07T10:58:36Z")

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Thanks that’s really helpful

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**Author:** ![MLawson59](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@MLawson59](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MLawson59)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 8:52am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-to-send-email-when-contact-type-added/64448/4 "2022-10-21T08:52:17Z")

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Hi karstenkoehler, very useful information thank you ;regarding the drill down information can I find this in the contact properties?

Thank you

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**Author:** ![karstenkoehler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/karstenkoehler/32/68554_2.png) [@karstenkoehler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/karstenkoehler)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 8:54am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-to-send-email-when-contact-type-added/64448/5 "2022-10-21T08:54:51Z")

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Hi @MLawson59, yes, this is a contact property: [Understand Original and Latest traffic source properties](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/contacts/understand-source-properties) Best regards!