How to start a Workflow automatically

Hello Friends,
I'm new to SharePoint Designer and facing some challenges to do it. Please help me on this.
My requirement is to send an automated email notification to an user when a specific document is created/modified in a particular folder. The document will come to SharePoint through emails (NOT by manual upload).
Remember: This workflow works fine when we upload the document manually to the folder. But If I send the document to the SharePoint through an email (I've enabled "incoming email" setting for the folder. So that people can sent
the document to the SharePoint) the workflow is NOT triggering.
Below are the steps I followed
1. I've created a list workflow and selected the folder name where the document will be saved. Let's say "File Received" is the folder name in my SharePoint and "Test File.docx" is the file that will
saved in this folder.
2. In the condition I wrote if current item Name contains "Test File" and in action I've created an email task
3. and finally in start option I've checked start workflow automatically when an item is created/modified.
This workflow is working perfectly when someone upload the document (i.e. Test File.docx). But when someone sent the same document though an email to this SharePoint, the document is saved in SP but the workflow is not triggering. 
Any suggestion/help is really appreciable.
version: SPD 2010
Thanks! -Sandip

Hi Sandeep,
Please check this article for step by step implementation
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/4607.sharepoint-2010-workflows-on-incoming-emails-in-sharepoint-documents-library.aspx
http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/6713/how-can-i-make-a-workflow-automatically-start-when-an-email-is-received
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