I did consider using tasker when I set mine up a couple of years ago How to pass a text variable from Tasker to HE via Maker API and then to TTS?
Pretty sure this capability wasn't in tasker then (either that or it required extra plugins or something I didn't want to do then) as my original post had me looking at k9 as the mail client. Up to this day my node red approach has worked perfectly (we still do various meetings over zoom).
Back to the OPs question I think the IFTTT approach is probably the easiest and doesn't require any additional hardware.
@stephen_nutt I assume the http request only works over the local lan? So you would need to install it in an unused phone and leave it at home.
