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STARTUP MAIL FIELD NOTES

Clear guides to business and programmable email

Learn how inboxes, delivery APIs, webhooks, custom domains, and agent access fit together.

Custom-domain email

Choose addresses, mailboxes, forwarding, and the right setup for a small team.

CUSTOM-DOMAIN EMAIL

How to get custom-domain email without an office suite

Set up email on your own domain without buying calendars, documents, meetings, and other office-suite tools you may not need.

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CUSTOM-DOMAIN EMAIL

Email forwarding vs a real mailbox

Learn when custom-domain email forwarding is enough, when you need a stored mailbox, and what happens when you reply from Gmail or Outlook.

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CUSTOM-DOMAIN EMAIL

Email aliases vs separate mailboxes vs shared inboxes

Choose the right setup for founder@, hello@, and support@: an alias, a separate mailbox, or an inbox shared by a team.

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AI-agent email

Give agents durable addresses, narrow access, and a safe path to human review.

AGENTS / EMAIL

The complete guide to email for AI agents

Learn how to give an AI agent a real mailbox with scoped access, durable threads, safe sending, webhooks, MCP tools, and human review.

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AGENTS / MAILBOX DESIGN

Should an AI agent use Gmail or a dedicated mailbox?

Choose between connecting an AI agent to Gmail and giving it a dedicated mailbox by comparing identity, OAuth access, isolation, human use, and cost.

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AGENTS / SETUP GUIDE

How to give an AI agent an email address on your domain

Set up a custom-domain mailbox for an AI agent with safe DNS changes, narrow permissions, MCP or webhook access, and human approval.

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Email infrastructure

Understand APIs, webhooks, inbox storage, threading, and transactional delivery.

EMAIL ARCHITECTURE

Email API vs inbox API: What are you actually building?

Learn the difference between a sending API, inbound email processing, and an inbox API, then choose the right email architecture for your product.

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CHOOSING EMAIL INFRASTRUCTURE

Transactional email service vs business email hosting

Understand the difference between transactional email services and business email hosting, including inboxes, replies, pricing, and common use cases.

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DEVELOPERS / INBOUND EMAIL

Inbound email webhook vs persistent mailbox: which do you need?

Compare inbound email webhooks with persistent mailboxes, including storage, threads, retries, human access, and the cases where you need both.

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Security and operations

Control what automated mail systems can read, send, and do with untrusted input.

AGENTS / SECURITY

How to secure an AI agent that reads email

Build a safer email agent with a narrow threat model, mailbox-scoped access, recipient rules, stored drafts, human approval, and audit records.

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