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Review contact emails after a database schema change

When your contact database structure changes, ask Notis to check relevant addresses so process updates do not leave contact quality behind.

Trigger

Data Source Schema Updated

Triggers when a Notion data source's schema is updated. Fires on column add / remove / rename. Payload includes `data.updated_properties: [{id, name, action}]` so consumers can discriminate the kind of change downstream. Optional `data_source_id` filter scopes to schema changes on a single data source. When omitted, fires for any schema change in the workspace the integration has access to. Note: adding a column also fires `page.properties_updated` once per existing row in the data source. Customers wanting a single structural-change signal should use this trigger.

Action

Check Email Validity

Tool to validate a single email address. use when you need to check syntax, domain, smtp, and meta-flags.

Why this helps

Database maintenance often draws attention away from the contact records that still need a quick quality check.

  • Add a contact-quality review cue to structural changes.
  • Help notice relevant email records during database maintenance.
  • Receive results in the channel you already use for run reports.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Notion and Mailboxlayer to Notis once in the portal.
  • 2Create an automation by asking Notis or opening Automations in the portal.
  • 3In one instruction, ask Notis to review relevant contact email addresses after the selected data source schema changes and report checks.
  • 4Select Data Source Schema Updated, optionally scope to the intended data source, and choose a report channel.
  • 5Test by making one real schema change in a suitable database.

Questions about this workflow

What schema changes trigger it?

The event covers a column being added, removed, or renamed in a Notion data source.

Does this action alter the schema?

No. Mailboxlayer checks a single email address; it does not change Notion's schema.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Notion to Mailboxlayer. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Notion triggers

Mailboxlayer actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Check Email Validity

Tool to validate a single email address. use when you need to check syntax, domain, smtp, and meta-flags.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

All Page Events

Triggers when any Notion page is created or updated across the workspace.

TriggerPolling

Comment Created

Triggers when a new comment is created in Notion. Optional `page_id` filter scopes to comments on a specific page. When omitted, fires for any new comment in the workspace the integration has access to. Requires the 'Read comments' capability on the Notion integration. If a connection was authorized before that capability was enabled, the user must re-authorize the connection for comment events to flow.

TriggerInstant

New Comment

Triggers when a new comment is added to a specified Notion block or page.

TriggerPolling

Database Created

Triggers when a new Notion database (the container) is created. A database is the post-2025-09-03 container that holds one or more data sources. This trigger fires for the container's creation event (`database.created`), distinct from `NOTION_DATASOURCE_CREATED` which fires when a new data source is added to an existing database. Most customers calling Notion's `POST /v1/databases` (the legacy API) or creating a database via the Notion UI will see this event. Adding a new data source to an existing database fires `data_source.created` instead — use `NOTION_DATASOURCE_CREATED` for that. Notion's payload puts `entity.type: "block"` (the container is a `child_database` block in the content tree) and `entity.id` is the database id.

TriggerInstant

Data Source Created

Triggers when a new Notion data source is created. Fires workspace-wide. The payload's `data.parent` carries the data source's tree parent (typically the teamspace) for downstream filtering. A single template-based database creation can fire multiple `data_source.created` events at once — one per data source the template instantiates.

TriggerInstant

Data Source Schema Updated

Triggers when a Notion data source's schema is updated. Fires on column add / remove / rename. Payload includes `data.updated_properties: [{id, name, action}]` so consumers can discriminate the kind of change downstream. Optional `data_source_id` filter scopes to schema changes on a single data source. When omitted, fires for any schema change in the workspace the integration has access to. Note: adding a column also fires `page.properties_updated` once per existing row in the data source. Customers wanting a single structural-change signal should use this trigger.

TriggerInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Notion and Mailboxlayer, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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