# Receiving Emails ## Receiving emails through Resend Resend provides all the tools you need to receive emails (commonly called inbound) at [a verified domain](/guides/learn-dashboard-domains-introduction), or at your account's Resend-managed `.resend.app` subdomain. This is useful for: - Receiving support emails from users. - Processing forwarded attachments. - Replying to emails from customers. ## Receiving features With Resend's email receiving features, you can: - View all received emails in the [**Emails** Dashboard page](https://resend.com/emails). - Receive incoming emails and [get notified with a webhook](/guides/learn-dashboard-receiving-create-receiving-webhook) event. - [Poll for new inbound emails in the terminal](/guides/resources-cli#receiving) and display them as they arrive. - [Retrieve full email content](/guides/learn-dashboard-receiving-get-email-content) (HTML, text, headers) for use in your application. - [Process attachments](/guides/learn-dashboard-receiving-attachments) using attachment metadata and temporary download URLs. - [Forward emails](/guides/learn-dashboard-receiving-forward-emails) to another email address. - [Reply to emails](/guides/learn-dashboard-receiving-reply-to-emails) in the same thread - [View API endpoint logs](/guides/learn-dashboard-logs-introduction) and deliverability metrics for monitoring and troubleshooting. ## Quickstart To start receiving emails using a domain managed by Resend, get your unique `.resend.app` domain: ::::steps :::step{title="Go to the Emails page in your Resend dashboard."} ::: :::step{title="Select the Receiving tab."} ::: :::step{title="Get your custom Resend domain."} Click the three dots button and select Receiving address to see your custom Resend subdomain. ![Get your Resend domain](../img/site-assets/mintcdn.com/resend/stmz8SfTchQy1hpq/images/inbound-resend-domain-1idvv95.jpg) ::: :::step{title="Send yourself a test email."} Send an email to any username at your subdomain (e.g., `test@.resend.app`). You will receive emails sent to any address at your Resend domain. ::: :::step{title="View your received email in the Receiving tab of the Emails Dashboard page."} ::: :::: You can also [configure a verified domain for receiving emails](/guides/learn-dashboard-receiving-custom-domains) at your custom domain. Once you add the MX record to your custom domain, you will receive emails through Resend for any address at that domain. ## Configure Webhook Once you can receive mail, you can [create a received mail webhook](/guides/learn-dashboard-receiving-create-receiving-webhook) to receive real-time notifications about incoming email. Resend processes all incoming emails to your receiving domain, parses the contents and attachments, and then sends a `POST` request to an endpoint that you choose to handle the received email. ![Receiving email process](../img/site-assets/mintcdn.com/resend/bxWCBKtofKnXvbvf/images/receiving-emails-cm4gim.jpeg) ## Choose your infrastructure To handle your received emails, you can use a variety of tools: - [SDK](/guides/resources-sdks): process inbound emails with an SDK built for your language - [Integrations](/guides/resources-integrations): process inbound emails using a framework or tool you already use - [API](/guides/receiving-retrieve-received-email): process inbound emails with raw HTTP API calls - [CLI](/guides/resources-cli#receiving): process inbound emails and stream incoming messages from the terminal - [MCP](/guides/resources-mcp-server): list, read, and download inbound emails through your agent with MCP See how to use all of Resend's receiving features such as processing attachments and forwarding emails to another address in the [receiving email guides](#related-guides). ## Manage your received emails After you've received your first email, you'll be able to view and manage your emails in the [Emails Dashboard page](https://resend.com/emails) under the Receiving tab. From here, you can view email details, share a public version, and more. You can also manage your emails programmatically using the [Receiving API](/guides/receiving-retrieve-received-email), [CLI commands](/guides/resources-cli#receiving), or the [MCP server](/guides/resources-mcp-server). Learn more about [managing your received emails](/guides/learn-dashboard-receiving-manage-emails) in the dedicated guide. ## Related Guides See how to use Resend's receiving features. ::::card-grid :::card{title="Custom domains" href="/guides/learn-dashboard-receiving-custom-domains" icon="globe"} ::: :::card{title="Received email webhook" href="/guides/learn-dashboard-receiving-create-receiving-webhook" icon="mailbox-open-letter"} ::: :::card{title="Get email content" href="/guides/learn-dashboard-receiving-get-email-content" icon="envelope-open-text"} ::: :::card{title="Process attachments" href="/guides/learn-dashboard-receiving-attachments" icon="file-plus"} ::: :::card{title="Forward emails" href="/guides/learn-dashboard-receiving-forward-emails" icon="arrow-turn-right"} ::: :::card{title="Threaded replies" href="/guides/learn-dashboard-receiving-reply-to-emails" icon="comment-arrow-down"} ::: :::: ## Examples ::::card-grid :::card{title="Next.js (TypeScript)" href="https://github.com/resend/resend-examples/tree/main/nextjs-resend-examples/typescript/src/app/inbound" icon="arrow-up-right-from-square"} See the full source code. ::: :::card{title="Next.js (JavaScript)" href="https://github.com/resend/resend-examples/tree/main/nextjs-resend-examples/javascript/src/app/inbound" icon="arrow-up-right-from-square"} See the full source code. ::: :::card{title="PHP" href="https://github.com/resend/resend-examples/tree/main/php-resend-examples/src/inbound" icon="arrow-up-right-from-square"} See the full source code. ::: :::card{title="Laravel" href="https://github.com/resend/resend-examples/tree/main/laravel-resend-examples" icon="arrow-up-right-from-square"} See the full source code. ::: :::card{title="Python" href="https://github.com/resend/resend-examples/tree/main/python-resend-examples/examples" icon="arrow-up-right-from-square"} See the full source code. ::: :::card{title="Ruby" href="https://github.com/resend/resend-examples/tree/main/ruby-resend-examples/examples" icon="arrow-up-right-from-square"} See the full source code. ::: :::: ## Related pages - [Managing Emails](./learn-dashboard-receiving-manage-emails.md) - [Custom Receiving Domains](./learn-dashboard-receiving-custom-domains.md) - [Create a receiving Webhook](./learn-dashboard-receiving-create-receiving-webhook.md) - [Process Receiving Attachments](./learn-dashboard-receiving-attachments.md) - [Get Email Content](./learn-dashboard-receiving-get-email-content.md) - [Forward Received Emails](./learn-dashboard-receiving-forward-emails.md) - [Reply to Receiving Emails](./learn-dashboard-receiving-reply-to-emails.md) # Agent Instructions Cite this page’s canonical URL and keep its documentation version. 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