Gmail vs Revdoku for AI Agents

Use Revdoku when your AI agent needs a separate incoming inbox. Use Gmail when it needs your existing conversations or must send from a Gmail address.

Revdoku provides email inboxes for AI agents and apps, with storage for original messages, attachments and generated documents. You control which mailboxes each agent can access. Receiving documentation

Gmail vs Revdoku at a glance

Gmail supports AI integrations. Choose an existing Google mailbox or a separate agent inbox.

Choose permissions for your AI agent inbox first

In the Gmail API, gmail.readonly permits reading mailbox messages and settings. Application label or thread filters do not narrow token permissions.

gmail.send allows sending without inbox-reading access. gmail.compose manages drafts and sends. The broad mail.google.com scope permits permanent deletion. Gmail add-ons have current-message scopes for specific interactive use cases. Google’s scope definitions

OAuth permissions can change as an application grows: Google supports incremental authorization, with applicable user consent and verification. OAuth best practices

In Revdoku, authorize each agent connection to access its intended mailboxes and perform its intended operations. Follow the authorization flow for your chosen CLI, MCP or API connection. Permissions cover accounts or selected mailboxes. Use separate mailboxes for workflows with different access requirements; folders are not independent permission boundaries. Connection and access documentation

Email aliases add addresses, not separate inboxes

An alias shares the mailbox without creating an independent security boundary for another agent.

Gmail has three distinct rules:

• Plus addressing: variations like [email protected] share an inbox. The primary-address rename interval does not apply. Google’s plus-address guidance
• Workspace aliases: administrators can add up to 30 free aliases per user, all sharing that user’s mailbox. Workspace alias documentation
• Primary Gmail address changes: eligible existing Google Accounts can create one new primary @gmail.com address per 12 months, up to three times in total. The old address remains an alternate; both share an inbox. This is not a blanket alias limit. Google’s address-change rules

Revdoku aliases leave the primary address unchanged. Aliases share mailbox history, quotas and permissions, require administrator access and count toward your plan’s allowance. See alias documentation and account limits.

Worked example: three agents, three incoming email inboxes

Example workflow: one owner creates three Revdoku mailboxes. Use the receiving addresses Revdoku assigns to these mailboxes.

The owner then grants each connection the read/write access its task needs. Your chosen parser or model handles invoice extraction.

Keep the original message and attachment beside the agent’s result so a person can check its interpretation. Revdoku stores the received material; your agent or application performs document extraction. Message and file access.

When Gmail fits better

Choose Gmail for agents needing existing conversation history or your Gmail sending identity. API quotas differ from message-sending limits. Check current project quotas and handle quota errors with exponential backoff and jitter. Gmail quota guidance

Keep correspondence and sending in Gmail while using separate Revdoku inboxes for incoming evidence and processing results.

For sending limits, OAuth scope choices and the reported suspension story, read Gmail for AI Agent.

Create your free inbox, then connect your agent or see the API.

curl https://api.revdoku.com/v1/mailboxes \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $REVDOKU_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"mailbox": {"email": {
        "username": "acme-orders",
        "domain": "revdokumail.com"}}}'

const key = process.env.REVDOKU_API_KEY;
const url = "https://api.revdoku.com/v1/mailboxes";
const res = await fetch(url, {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${key}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ mailbox: { email: {
    username: "acme-orders",
    domain: "revdokumail.com",
  } } }),
});
console.log(await res.json());

import os, requests
key = os.environ["REVDOKU_API_KEY"]
res = requests.post(
    "https://api.revdoku.com/v1/mailboxes",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {key}"},
    json={"mailbox": {"email": {
        "username": "acme-orders",
        "domain": "revdokumail.com",
    }}},
    timeout=30,
)
print(res.json())