One API for the complete email lifecycle

Turn raw email into decisions.

Validate and understand addresses. Turn inbound mail and DMARC reports into events. Send transactional messages, classify spam, and move complete mailboxes between providers.

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Analyze Receive Send Classify Migrate
Privacy by design No API payloads stored EU company
Example API traffic
/addresses/analyzereq_0041
INPUTdemo-user-1042@research.example

New account registration

DECISIONStudent email

Education domain · personal mailbox · not disposable

ACCEPT 98%

Maail is the email intelligence and delivery layer between the outside world and your product.

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EU COMPANYPRIVACY FIRST
European by origin, private by design

Your email data is processed. Not collected.

As a service of a German company, Maail is governed by European law. Address analysis and spam classification are stateless: we return the result and discard the submitted payload. For sending, inbound email and mailbox migration, only the operational data required to complete the requested task is retained.

01
No analysis storage

Email addresses and message content submitted for analysis are not retained after the result is returned.

02
EU-based company

Privacy is a core operating principle shaped by European data-protection standards.

03
Purpose-limited processing

Inbound, sending and migration data is handled only for the workflow you explicitly request.

04
Clear data boundaries

Transient intelligence endpoints stay separate from services that require operational state.

Five capabilities · one coherent API

Email infrastructure your product can reason about.

Each capability solves a concrete job. Together they cover the path from the first address entered into a form to the last message your application receives, sends or moves between providers.

01
Email address intelligence

Should this address be used in your product?

Maail looks beyond syntax. It identifies what kind of mailbox you are dealing with and returns a clear recommendation for your signup, lead or account workflow.

  • Syntax, domain and MX signals
  • Disposable and temporary providers
  • Company, university and free-mail context
  • Role account and name inference
  • Accept, review or reject recommendation
INPUTdemo-user-1042@research.example
OUTPUTeducation · personal · accept
businesseducationpersonalroledisposableinvalid
02
Inbound email

Turn an inbox into a webhook for AI workflows.

Give a workflow its own inbound address. Maail receives the message, normalizes email complexity and delivers a structured event to your application.

  • Dedicated inbound addresses
  • Normalized MIME and message bodies
  • Attachment metadata
  • Signed webhook delivery
  • Routing by address or recipient
INPUTinvoice-route@inbound.example
OUTPUTemail.received → your webhook
messageheadersparticipantstexthtmlattachments
03
Send API + templates

Send product email with one API call.

Send transactional messages directly or render a reusable template with variables. Your application provides the data; Maail builds and accepts the message.

  • Simple JSON send endpoint
  • Reusable HTML and text templates
  • Per-recipient template variables
  • Idempotency for safe retries
  • Message ID and accepted status
INPUTtemplate: invoice-ready
OUTPUTmsg_01K4… · queued
fromtosubjecttemplatevariablesmessage_id
04
LLM spam classification

Is this message spam or ham?

Send raw RFC 822 or structured message content. Maail uses an LLM to understand the intent and returns a decision your mail gateway or product can act on.

  • Context-aware spam / ham decision
  • Raw message or structured JSON input
  • Confidence score and reason codes
  • Works beside reputation and rule engines
  • Suitable for Milter and inbound pipelines
INPUTUrgent: confirm your credentials
OUTPUTspam · 0.97 · credential_phishing
spamhamscorereason_codesmodelrequest_id
05
Mailbox migration API

Move an entire mailbox between providers.

Connect a source and destination mailbox, then let Maail copy the complete history while preserving the structure users expect. Run a final catch-up pass before switching MX records so nothing is missed.

  • IMAP-to-IMAP migration
  • Folders, flags and internal dates
  • Resumable background jobs
  • Progress and verification status
  • Incremental catch-up before cutover
SOURCE → DESTINATIONold-provider.eu → new-provider.eu
RESULT18,420 messages · 37 folders · complete
sourcedestinationfoldersmessagesprogressstatus
The same mental model everywhere

Input. Intelligence. Action.

Maail hides transport and parsing details behind predictable resources, events and decisions.

01 · INPUT

An address or message arrives

Call the API, send a message or let Maail receive email for a configured route.

JSONRFC 822SMTP
02 · INTELLIGENCE

Maail produces structured meaning

Provider data, message structure and model reasoning become a clean response.

signalsclassificationrouting
03 · ACTION

Your product decides what happens

Accept the user, reject spam, trigger a workflow or continue with a message ID.

responsewebhookstatus
API design

Small surface. Explicit results.

Every request uses Bearer authentication, JSON by default and a stable request ID. Raw email can also be sent as message/rfc822.

BASE URLhttps://api.maail.co/v1
Supporting resourcesPOST /templatesPOST /mailbox-connectionsGET /mailbox-migrations/:idGET /messages/:id
POST/addresses/analyze
application/json

Classify an email address and decide whether it belongs in your product.

REQUESTBearer ••••••••
{
  "email": "demo-user-1042@research.example"
}
200 RESPONSEx-request-id: req_01K4…
{
  "id": "ana_01K4S2H8",
  "email": "demo-user-1042@research.example",
  "kind": "education",
  "mailbox_type": "personal",
  "is_disposable": false,
  "deliverability": "likely",
  "person": null,
  "recommendation": "accept"
}
Synchronous decisionsAnalysis and classification return directly to the caller.
Signed eventsInbound messages arrive at your application as webhook events.
Idempotent writesSafely retry sends and route creation with an idempotency key.
Predictable errorsMachine-readable codes with a request ID for every failure.
Governed by European law

Process what is needed. Keep nothing by default.

Maail is a service of a German company and falls under European law. Address analysis and spam classification are stateless and their submitted payloads are not stored. Inbound, outbound and migration data exists only for the configured workflow and only as long as operationally required.

Data minimizationOnly return the fields and decisions your application needs.
EU processingKeep handling close, explicit and contractually accountable.
Explicit retentionStorage is a product choice, never a hidden default.
Clear separationTransient analysis stays separate from workflow data.
Simple, usage-based pricing

Start small. Pay for what your product uses.

Every plan includes address intelligence, inbound routes, transactional sending, spam classification, and API access. Upgrade when volume grows.

Developer
€19/ month

For prototypes and small production workflows.

  • 5,000 API operations
  • 1,000 sent or received emails
  • 3 inbound routes
  • Community support
Scale
€249/ month

For higher-volume and business-critical systems.

  • 250,000 API operations
  • 50,000 sent or received emails
  • Unlimited inbound routes
  • Priority support and SLA options

Additional usage is billed monthly. Mailbox migrations are priced separately by mailbox size and volume.

Questions, answered

The details that matter.

Have a specific mail flow or volume in mind?

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Is Maail an email validation API?

Validation is one signal, but the product goes further. Maail classifies the mailbox and its context—such as business, education, personal, role-based or disposable—and returns a recommendation your product can use directly.

How do inbound emails reach my application?

You create an inbound route and receive an address such as invoice-route@inbound.example. Every message to that route is normalized and delivered as a signed email.received event to your webhook.

Can I send without using a template?

Yes. The messages endpoint accepts direct subject, HTML and text content, or a stored template plus variables. Templates are useful for repeated transactional messages but are not mandatory.

Does LLM classification replace SpamAssassin?

It can be used independently, but the strongest mail pipeline combines authentication, reputation, deterministic rules and semantic classification. Maail is the content-aware decision signal in that stack.

Can I use it from Postfix or milter.js?

Yes. Call the spam endpoint as an additional policy signal and define explicit timeout and fail-open behavior. For deeper analysis without SMTP latency, classify after accepting the message into the queue.

What is preserved during a mailbox migration?

Maail copies messages through IMAP while preserving folder structure, read and flagged states, and internal message dates. Migration jobs are resumable, expose progress and can perform an incremental catch-up pass immediately before the final provider switch.

Are email payloads stored?

Analysis and classification are transient by default. Inbound routing and sending retain only what is explicitly required by the configured workflow and delivery process.

Start with one endpoint

Make email useful to your software.

Tell us what arrives, what you need to know and what should happen next.

Include your use case and expected monthly volume