Email (IMAP + SMTP)
Connect a mailbox over IMAP and SMTP with certificate verification enabled by default.Email integrations let your agents send messages via any SMTP relay — your own Postfix server, Google Workspace SMTP, AWS SES, Mailgun, SendGrid (via SMTP), Mailtrap, etc. Nora stores the credentials encrypted and the agent runtime sends mail through the configured relay.
Where to apply for credentials
Pick whichever SMTP provider you already have an account with:
For Google Workspace and other 2FA-protected accounts, use an app password — not your account password.
Connect in Nora
1
Open the Email (IMAP + SMTP) integration
From an agent’s detail page, open the Integrations tab and find Email (IMAP + SMTP).
2
Fill in the mailbox fields
Add the IMAP and SMTP host, port, TLS mode, username, app password, and From address. Use port
993 for IMAP TLS and either 587 for SMTP STARTTLS or 465 for implicit SMTP TLS when your
provider supports those defaults. Nora requires IMAP TLS; SMTP uses verified implicit TLS or
requires STARTTLS before authentication.3
Connect
Click Connect. Nora stores the credentials encrypted. Use Test to authenticate to both
endpoints from the control plane before assigning the integration to a runtime.
Verify the connection
The Test button performs real IMAP and SMTP authentication. TLS certificate and hostname verification are required for encrypted connections, matching the runtime behavior. Authentication, network, or certificate failures are returned separately so operators can fix the endpoint before deploying it.Nora rejects RFC1918 / loopback IMAP and SMTP hosts (e.g.
127.0.0.1, 10.x.x.x) during the
control-plane connection test as a defense-in-depth measure. Use a public, DNS-resolvable mail
endpoint or an egress proxy rather than exposing an internal mail service directly.