A password for one address
One address, and nothing else.
Set a password on an address, and whoever has it signs in as that address at the usual sign-in page. They read and send its mail, and reach nothing else.
In short
What is a password for one address?
Sharing a mailbox password usually opens everything behind it. A password for one address is narrower: whoever holds it signs in as that address, such as support@, and reaches nothing else.
How it works
Set from the Access tab
Open the address under Settings → Addresses, go to its Access tab and choose Set a password. Generate makes a strong one and shows it once, and setting it asks for your verification code.
Its mail, and nothing more
They read and send the address’s mail and work with its drafts, files, labels, contacts and calendar, and the rest of the workspace stays out of reach.
Change it, or end it
Changing the password signs them out everywhere and clears their two-factor, and Remove password ends the sign-in at once. Switching the address off pauses the sign-in, and switching it back on brings it back.
What you get
In the product today
The usual sign-in page
They sign in where everyone else does, with the address and the password.
Two-factor applies to them
A workspace that requires two-factor requires it of them too.
From code as well
The REST API, the SDK and the command line read, set and remove one.
Good practice
Getting the most out of it
- 01
Copy it before you save
Generate makes a strong password and shows it once, so copy it before you save.
- 02
End it when the cover ends
Remove password ends the sign-in at once, so take it away as soon as the cover is over.
- 03
Invite people who have accounts
If the address is already the email of another OpenEmail account, invite that account from Team.
Questions
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Your domain,
your mail.
Point a domain at OpenEmail and read it in a mailbox built around it. The free plan covers one domain.