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Inbound routing rules: automate your mail

Automations guide · Updated : August 27, 2026

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Routing rules watch incoming mail and automatically act on it: forward, tag, auto-reply, discard, or trigger a webhook, based on the sender, recipient, subject, or body, no code required.

How a rule works

A rule is one or more conditions (what to match) plus one or more actions (what to do), combined with AND or OR logic: match every condition, or any one of them.

Rules run on every incoming message for the domain they're attached to, in order, before the message lands in the mailbox.

Conditions

Match on the from, to, subject, or body of the incoming message, using one of six operators.

Fields

from · to · subject · body

Operators

contains · equals · starts_with · ends_with · regex · not_contains

Actions

Chain multiple actions on the same rule, e.g. label the message AND forward a copy.

forward

Send a copy of the message to another address

auto_reply

Send an automatic reply back to the sender

discard

Drop the message silently (never lands in the mailbox)

label

Apply an IMAP keyword/label so it's filterable in the webmail

webhook

POST the message event to a URL you control, for custom automations

Example

"When the subject contains 'invoice' OR the sender ends with '@billing-partner.com', label the message 'Finance' and forward a copy to accounting@yourdomain.com." That's two conditions on OR logic, and two chained actions, configured entirely from the dashboard, no code.