About Molted Email
Molted Email gives an AI agent its own email address and sits between the agent and everyone it emails. It screens incoming mail so strangers cannot give the agent orders, and when a message tries to take over, the agent only learns that the message was quarantined.
Outgoing mail is checked too. Molted remembers what has been sent and refuses an identical email to one recipient twice within a few minutes, with a reason the agent can act on. When an agent decides a person should take over, such as a refund it should not grant, it passes the thread to you with a note and stays out until you return it. Autonomy is a setting on each mailbox.
It works with Claude Code, Cursor and Codex through an MCP server, a CLI and a REST API, and has an app for managing mailboxes. The site invites you to start free and has docs, tools and pricing pages.
Key features
- Dedicated mailbox per AI agent
- Inbound screening for prompt injection
- Quarantine of takeover attempts
- Duplicate send blocking
- Human handoff of hard conversations
- Per-mailbox autonomy setting
- MCP, CLI and REST API access
Good fit for
- Support or outreach agents that send email
- Protecting agents from malicious inbound instructions
Molted Email: questions and answers
- What is Molted Email used for?
- Molted Email: Managed mailboxes for AI agents that screen inbound mail for prompt injection and apply guardrails to stop an agent's email mistakes before they go out. It is a good fit for support or outreach agents that send email and protecting agents from malicious inbound instructions.
- Is Molted Email free?
- Yes. Molted Email has a free plan, and paid plans start at $19 per month. A free trial is also available.
- Is Molted Email open source?
- No. Molted Email is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Email Clients & Servers category, open-source options include Rspamd, Tuta and docker-mailserver.
- What are some alternatives to Molted Email?
- Molted Email competes with AgentInbox and AgentTeamEmail.
Open-source alternatives to Molted Email
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Rspamd
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Rapid spam filtering system.
OSSvs Mimecast★ 2.5k
Tuta
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Tuta is an email service with a strong focus on security and privacy that lets you encrypt
GPL-3.0vs Gmail★ 8k
docker-mailserver
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Production-ready fullstack but simple mail server (SMTP, IMAP, LDAP, Antispam, Antivirus,
MITvs Gmail★ 19k
Mail-in-a-Box
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Mail-in-a-Box helps individuals take back control of their email by defining a one-click,
CC0-1.0vs Gmail★ 15k
Mailcow
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mailcow: dockerized - 🐮 + 🐋 = 💕
GPL-3.0vs Google Workspace★ 14k
Mailu
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Insular email distribution - mail server as Docker images
OSSvs Gmail★ 7.5k
SaaS alternatives to Molted Email
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Disposable inboxes for autonomous workflows that receive emails and OTPs and extract magic links
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AgentTeamEmail
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Gives each AI agent a real mailbox on your own domain
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Anjal
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Email APIs, IMAP/SMTP access and custom domains so AI agents can send, receive and manage email
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Robotomail
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Email service for AI agents: create a mailbox and send mail with single API calls
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MoeMail
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Temporary email service for AI agents with CLI, MCP server, REST API and webhooks
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OpenInbox
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Disposable email inboxes via API with webhooks and custom domains for developers and QA teams
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