Give the agent an address of its own rather than your personal mailbox: it keeps the agent's sign-ups and replies separate and limits what the agent can see. Agentline gives every account an @agentline.nz inbox that's live from day one. The agent reads mail with list_emails and read_email, sends with send_email, and waits for emailed codes with wait_for_code. The Free plan includes 1 inbox and 100 outbound emails a month, sent only to the owner's verified address.
Why not just use your Gmail?
Connecting an agent to your main mailbox gives it everything: banking alerts, private threads, password resets. A separate inbox gives it only what you send its way. It also makes it obvious to recipients that a message came from an assistant.
How the inbox works
- Every account gets an address like
ari@agentline.nz. You can choose the name at signup. Pro includes 5 inboxes. - Inbound mail is unlimited and scanned for one-time codes.
- Outbound mail comes from the agent's own address, up to 5 recipients per message.
- The original message is available as an .eml for anything that needs headers.
Replying in the same thread
To answer an email, the agent calls send_email with reply_to_id set to the message it's replying to. Agentline adds the In-Reply-To and References headers, so the reply lands in the same conversation in the other person's mail app instead of starting a new one.
Email allowances
| Plan | Inboxes | Outbound emails a month |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 1 | 100 |
| Starter | 1 | 500 |
| Pro | 5 | 2,000 |
Allowances reset on the 1st of each month (NZ time). If the agent reaches one, sending pauses; nothing is charged as overage.
Free plan and trials
On the Free plan and during a trial, the agent can send only to the account owner's verified email (and verified mobile, if any). That stops a new account being used to spam strangers. Paid plans can email anyone, within the acceptable use rules.
Getting started
Create a free account, then connect your client from the install page.
Common questions
Is the Free plan really free?
Can the agent read codes sent by email?
Can I pick the inbox address?
Give your agent a number
Inbox live from day one; NZ 028 number set up within a few days of signup.