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Mail Connect

Give Alvin and your assistant access to your inbox.

Alvin, Claude and co. read your email and write replies for you, while your inbox stays right where it is.

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Alvin reads today's mail in the connected WEB.DE inbox, summarizes it, and drafts a reply to Kofi. It's sent only after confirmation. Ridian keeps no copy of the inbox.
Supported inboxes: WEB.DE, GMX, iCloud Mail, AOL, Yahoo, T-Online, and any other IMAP inbox.
In Claude, someone asks for an overview of their WEB.DE inbox and for a reply to Kofi. Through Ridian, Claude reads the inbox and saves the reply to Kofi as a draft in the WEB.DE Drafts folder.
Alvin asks whether to send the email to Mira. After clicking Send, it's sent.
Permissions per inbox for Claude: Claude may read the WEB.DE inbox and create drafts there, but not send. In the Agent Mailbox, Claude may read, create drafts and send.
Claude asks what matters today. Ridian briefly opens an encrypted connection to the WEB.DE inbox, reads two emails and closes the connection again. No copy is stored and the emails stay unread.

What Mail Connect does

Your assistant takes care of your email.

  1. The inboxes you already have

    Whether it's iCloud, Yahoo, AOL, GMX, WEB.DE or T-Online, you just connect your inbox and don't have to move anywhere.

  2. Read and answer email

    Ask Claude what matters today, and it leaves the replies for you as drafts.

  3. You decide what goes out

    Replies wait as drafts in your inbox, and you choose whether Alvin asks before sending.

  4. Your inbox and your agent's

    With Agent Mailbox, your agent also gets its own address on ridianmail.com, and you set what it may do in each inbox.

    More about Agent Mailbox

  5. Your email stays with you

    Ridian keeps no copy of your inbox, and what you haven't read stays unread.

How it works

Connected in three steps.

Then your assistant takes care of your email.

  1. Connect your inbox

    Pick your provider and sign in with your inbox.

  2. Grant access

    Say whether Alvin and your assistant may only read, write drafts or also send.

  3. Let them work

    Ask Alvin or Claude what's going on in your inbox.

Frequently asked questions

How do I get Mail Connect?

Sign up and connect your inbox in Ridian under Mail Connect, usually with an app password from your provider over IMAP and SMTP. How many inboxes you can connect depends on your plan.

How is this different from Agent Mailbox?

Mail Connect links your existing inbox, for example at iCloud or GMX, and Ridian only passes the email through. Agent Mailbox, on the other hand, is a separate inbox for your agent with an address on ridianmail.com, and that email is stored at Ridian. Connected inboxes don't count toward your Agent Mailbox limit.

Which inboxes work?

There are presets for iCloud, Yahoo, AOL, WEB.DE, GMX and T-Online, and you set up any other inbox automatically or by hand. Connect Gmail and Outlook.com through Google or Microsoft sign-in instead.

Does it work with Claude or ChatGPT too?

Yes, through Agent Connect. Your assistant then uses your inbox with the permissions you give it.

Does Alvin ask before sending an email?

That's up to you, since you choose whether Alvin asks before sending or sends right away. External assistants like Claude follow their own confirmation rules.

Does Ridian store my email?

Ridian keeps no copy of your inbox. Each request opens a connection, fetches what's needed and closes it again, and nothing is fetched in the background. What Alvin shows or sends stays in your chat history.

How are my credentials protected?

Your credentials are encrypted with AES-256-GCM, and connections use TLS only, with verified certificates.

Does Ridian mark messages as read?

No. Reading through Ridian doesn't change anything in your inbox.

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