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Email for AI agents

A live-checked directory of email for AI agents — agent inboxes, AI agent email APIs, identity rails, inbound routing, and mail stacks. Not another 10k MCP dump: each listing is verified live, with setup mode and feature tags.

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Agent Identity

Identities for agents that send then block on replies: mailbox with threads, calls, A2A task trading, durable event log.

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Free: 5 identities; Builder $19/mo live · 200 · 122ms

AgentID

Create accounts for agents at third-party services using an AgentMail inbox as identity; track where each inbox is signed up.

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See site live · 200 · 458ms

AgentMail

Email inbox API built for AI agents: programmatic inboxes, threads, webhooks, IMAP/SMTP, custom domains, Python and TypeScript SDKs, MCP server.

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Free: 3 inboxes / 3k emails; Developer $20/mo live · 200 · 174ms

AgentMail Docs

Official AgentMail documentation: API, SDKs, MCP, pods, and inbox lifecycle.

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n/a live · 200 · 344ms

Amazon SES

Lowest per-message cost if you build inboxes yourself. Receipt rules to S3, SNS, or Lambda.

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~$0.10/1k send+receive live · 200 · 846ms

Botmail

Agent claims name@botmail.pro via CLI/MCP; human clicks one approval link. Threads, search, drafts, webhooks, wait_for_mail. No custom domains.

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Free: 1 mailbox; Paid from $5/mo live · 200 · 403ms

Botmail provider comparison

October 2026 side-by-side of 13 agent email providers with free tiers, MCP/CLI, and custom-domain notes (vendor-published; useful starting matrix).

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n/a live · 200 · 294ms

Brevo

Email API/SMTP platform often used as a sending layer under agent workflows.

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Free + paid live · 200 · 109ms

CarlyEmail

Inbox API shaped like AgentMail: create mailboxes from code, threaded replies, signed webhooks/WebSockets, per-tenant pods.

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See site live · 200 · 100ms

Cloudflare Email Routing

Free unlimited inbound routing on Cloudflare DNS. Pair with Email Workers / Agents SDK for agent handling; paid Workers for sending.

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Free receiving; Workers Paid for send live · 200 · 121ms

Cloudflare Email Workers

Run Worker code on inbound mail: parse, route, and trigger agent workflows at the edge.

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Workers plan live · 200 · 241ms

Courier

Multi-channel notification API with templates—useful when agents trigger user-facing messages.

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Free + paid live · 200 · 68ms

Customer.io

Behavioral email/messaging platform; agents can enqueue journeys rather than raw SMTP.

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Paid live · 200 · 115ms

Dead Simple Email

Email infrastructure for AI agents with API, IMAP/SMTP, webhooks, MCP. Agents can also buy an inbox pay-per-request with a wallet/card.

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Free: 5 inboxes / 5k mo; Paid from $5/mo live · 200 · 58ms

Email for Agents

Remote MCP inbox with an approval queue so a human can check mail before it goes out.

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Free: 1 inbox / 100 units; ~$19 proposed live · 200 · 342ms

Forward Email

Open-source email forwarding and privacy-focused routing for custom domains.

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Free + paid; OSS live · 200 · 772ms

Front

Customer communication hub (email/SMS/chat) with APIs—common human-in-the-loop layer for agent mail.

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Paid live · 200 · 154ms

Gmail API

Google's mail API for agents acting inside a user's Gmail/Workspace (not a dedicated agent inbox).

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Free with Google account quotas live · 200 · 714ms

Haraka

High-performance Node.js SMTP server with a plugin architecture.

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Open source live · 200 · 39ms

Help Scout

Help desk shared inbox; agents can draft, humans send—fits approval-gated outreach.

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Paid live · 200 · 158ms

ImprovMX

Simple email forwarding for custom domains. Lightweight way to catch agent signup mail.

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Free forwarding + paid live · 200 · 167ms

InboxAPI

Personal email address for AI agents via MCP-compatible CLI. Agent sends, receives, searches, replies, and forwards through tool calls.

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Free (trial limits); paid TBD live · 200 · 258ms

Inkbox

Agent identity with inbox, phone, SMS, and iMessage. IMAP/SMTP, public URL, A2A channel, MCP, multi-language SDKs.

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Free: 3 identities; Developer $25/mo live · 200 · 134ms

Knock

Notification infrastructure (email/push/in-app) for product-triggered agent alerts.

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Free + paid live · 200 · 92ms

Loops

Product email for startups (transactional + loops). Useful when an agent needs polished human-facing mail.

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Free + paid live · 200 · 233ms

Lumbox

Agent inbox plus OTP extraction, credential vault, and login automation for agents that must complete signups.

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See site live · 200 · 97ms

Maddy

Composable open-source mail server in Go. Lightweight self-host option for agent domains.

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Open source live · 200 · 319ms

Mailcow

Dockerized mailserver suite (SOGo, Rspamd, etc.) for self-hosted agent domains.

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Open source live · 200 · 267ms

Mailgun

Sending plus inbound routes matching recipient/headers. Good DIY base for agent reply handling.

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Free limited; Basic from ~$15 live · 200 · 101ms

Mails.ai

Agent email with MCP and TypeScript/Python SDKs. Magic-link signup; first send creates the agent; custom domains on paid plans.

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Free: 1 agent / 3k; Paid from $20/mo live · 200 · 165ms

Mailtrap Agent Inbox

Email testing platform that also offers agent inbox + local MCP (npx mcp-mailtrap), webhooks, and custom domains.

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Free tier + paid from $15/mo live · 200 · 65ms

Mailtrap MCP guide

How to wire Mailtrap's local MCP into an agent stack.

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n/a live · 200 · 527ms

Microsoft Graph Mail

Official Graph API for Outlook/Exchange mailboxes when an agent acts on a human's Microsoft account.

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Microsoft 365 licensing live · 200 · 153ms

Missive

Shared team inbox with rules and assignments; sometimes used as the human escalation layer beside agents.

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Paid team plans live · 200 · 289ms

Novu

Open-source notification platform spanning email and other channels.

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OSS + cloud live · 200 · 241ms

Nylas

Nylas platform home (email, calendar, contacts APIs) behind Agent Accounts.

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See Agent Accounts live · 200 · 144ms

Nylas Agent Accounts

Hosted agent mailboxes from Nylas with CLI, MCP, SDKs, IMAP/SMTP, and calendar. Custom domains from $15/mo.

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Free trial 3 accounts; Paid from $15/mo live · 200 · 77ms

OneSignal

Push and messaging platform sometimes paired with agent workflows for alerts.

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Free + paid live · 200 · 52ms

OpenMail

Email API for AI agents with hosted MCP. Create inboxes, read, reply, and send from Claude Code or any MCP client.

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Free: 3 inboxes; Pro from €9/mo live · 200 · 321ms

Plain

API-first customer support platform useful when agent threads need a durable support system of record.

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Paid live · 200 · 256ms

Postal

Open-source mail delivery platform with HTTP APIs and webhooks for sending at scale.

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Open source live · 200 · 711ms

Postmark

Deliverability-first transactional email with inbound parse to JSON webhooks. Strong for agents that mostly send.

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Free 100/mo; Pro from ~$15 live · 200 · 80ms

Proton Mail Bridge

Local Bridge exposing Proton Mail over IMAP/SMTP for desktop agents with a Proton account.

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Proton paid plans live · 200 · 534ms

Reloop

Open-source agent inbox platform plus transactional mail and campaigns. Self-host or use hosted; IMAP-capable.

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OSS self-host; hosted plans available live · 200 · 644ms

Resend Inboxes

Transactional email platform adding agent inboxes with threads. Domain required; MCP and skills support.

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Inboxes in private beta; sending free/Pro tiers live · 200 · 147ms

Robotomail

Agent follows robotomail.com/skill to claim a mailbox; owner verifies email. MCP, CLI, multiple SDKs; custom domains on paid plans.

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Free limited; Paid from $19/mo live · 200 · 475ms

SendGrid Inbound Parse

Official docs for parsing inbound email into multipart POST webhooks your agent can consume.

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Included with SendGrid live · 200 · 55ms

Stalwart

Modern all-in-one mail server (JMAP/IMAP/SMTP) you can self-host as agent infrastructure.

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Open source live · 200 · 139ms

Twilio SendGrid

Transactional/marketing email with Inbound Parse webhook for routing agent replies.

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Free tier + paid live · 200 · 301ms

WildDuck

Scalable open-source email server focused on IMAP and modern APIs.

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Open source live · 200 · 227ms