Read your mail
Folders and messages over IMAP, with full text, search and paging.
In preparationDesktop
APOUL Mail Box
Check once more before you send.
A desktop mail client that handles receiving, replying and sending — and puts a deliberate pause between you and the send button.
In preparationBeing prepared for release. Price, distribution and supported systems will be announced once fixed.
- IMAP / SMTP send and receive
- Recipient check and send delay
- Attachments as encrypted ZIP
Terms and policies
The terms of use and privacy policy will be linked here at release.
All terms and policiesWhy this exists
You notice the mistake just after sending, not before.
Wrong recipient, an attachment that should never have left, a half-written reply that went out anyway. Mail goes wrong after you send. Mail Box spends its effort on the moment before that, rather than on adding features.
Screen
What it looks like.
This is a development build. Every message shown is sample data — no mail is sent or received.
What it does
What it does.
Reply, reply all, forward
Sends over SMTP, keeps the thread and saves to your sent folder.
Several accounts
Register up to 10 accounts and switch between them.
Snooze
Snooze a message and bring it back at the time you choose.
Failed sends are kept
A message that fails to send is kept, and you choose whether to retry or cancel.
Stop before sending
Recipient confirmation and a warning for external addresses. Hold sending for 0, 1, 5 or 10 minutes and cancel within that window.
Draft with AI
Generates a draft reply. Choose an external AI service, or one running on your own machine.
Attachments
List, save and send, including encrypted ZIP with a generated password.
Credentials
Mail passwords and API keys are stored in the secure store the OS provides.
When you would use it
Situations, not features.
Do not send to the wrong person
Confirm who is receiving it, right before it goes.
Check before it leaves the company
Notice an external address in the list.
Get past the blank reply
Start from a draft, rewrite it yourself.
Hand over a file safely
Encrypted ZIP and password on the spot.
How it goes
The basic flow.
You should be able to guess the next step without reading a manual.
- 1Add an account
Mail server settings and an app password.
- 2Read and reply
Generate a draft if you want one, then make it yours.
- 3Confirm, then send
Check recipients, pick a hold time, send.
Where your message goes.
If you use the AI draft, the text of that message is sent to the external AI service you chose. Choosing an AI that runs on your own machine sends nothing. Receiving and sending without AI stays between you and your mail server. Mail passwords and API keys are kept in the secure store the OS provides (Keychain on Mac, Credential Manager on Windows), never in browser storage. Verification against real mail servers is part of the work still ahead of release.
Questions
Common questions.
It connects over IMAP with an app password. Gmail can also connect through Google sign-in (OAuth).
Yes. The AI draft is optional. If you never use it, no message text is sent to an external AI service.
You can hold sending for 0, 1, 5 or 10 minutes and cancel within that window.
No. It is in preparation for release.
Column
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The problems this app is built around, and what to settle before you bring it in.
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