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Mailcow Managed Mailboxes

Nova can create and manage assistant-owned email inboxes through Mailcow.

What you get​

  • mailbox provision on assistant creation
  • suspend/reactivate with assistant state
  • mailbox password reset endpoint
  • mailbox cleanup on assistant deletion
  • inbox sync support for reading new mail

Required config​

  • MAILCOW_ENABLED=true
  • MAILCOW_API_URL
  • MAILCOW_API_KEY
  • MAILCOW_DOMAIN
  • SMTP/IMAP host settings

Inbound/outbound behavior​

  • outgoing send: SMTP
  • incoming read: IMAP (same managed connection)
  • fallback poll keeps inbox fresh when provider push is unavailable

Backup sender option​

You can optionally configure Google backup sending if primary managed sender fails.