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Your Summate Inbox is a unique email address that collects newsletters for your digests while keeping your personal emails private.
Inbox dashboard showing stats, recent emails, and top senders

Dashboard view shows inbox statistics, recent emails, and top senders

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Setting Up Your Inbox

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Create Your Inbox Address

Every Summate user gets a unique inbox address in the format: 
username@inbox.summate.io
You can only create your inbox address once, so choose a good username! This becomes your permanent address for receiving newsletters.

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Start Receiving Newsletters

Once you have your inbox address, you have two options:

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Why Forwarding Instead of OAuth?

We chose email forwarding for three key reasons:
  1. You control what we see - Only emails you explicitly forward reach Summate. Your personal emails, banking statements, and private conversations stay completely private.
  2. Universal compatibility - Works with every email provider (Gmail, Outlook, iCloud, ProtonMail, corporate emails) without special integrations or permissions.
  3. No account access - We never have access to your email account or password. We can’t read emails you don’t forward to us.

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Using Your Inbox

Access your inbox at summate.io/v2/inbox to view and manage your newsletters.

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Dashboard Overview

The dashboard provides a quick overview of your inbox activity:
Inbox statistics showing sender counts and email metrics

Track senders, emails received, and inbox activity at a glance

Statistics shown:
  • Total Senders - All email senders you’ve received
  • Approved - Senders available as sources (default for all)
  • Blocked - Spam senders you’ve blocked
  • Total Emails - All newsletters received
  • Unread - Emails you haven’t opened yet
  • Active Senders - Senders who sent emails recently
Quick access sections:
  • Recent Emails - Latest newsletters from approved senders
  • Top Senders - Most active newsletter sources

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Emails View

View and read all your newsletters in one place.
Emails view showing full list of received newsletters

Browse and read all your received newsletters in one place

Features:
  • Search emails by subject or sender
  • Filter by specific senders
  • Read full email content
  • See when emails arrived
  • Track unread status
Use the Emails view to read newsletters directly in Summate before adding them to your digests. This helps you verify which sources are worth including.

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Senders Management

Manage all your email senders and control what appears in your digests.
Senders view showing approved and blocked senders

Approve or block newsletter senders to control your digest sources

Sender states:
  • Approved - Default state for all received newsletters. Available as sources in Email blocks.
  • Blocked - Spam senders you’ve blocked. Won’t appear in digests or as source options.
Actions:
  • Block - Remove spam senders with one click
  • Approve - Restore blocked senders if needed
  • View email count and last received date for each sender
All senders are approved by default. You only need to take action to block spam or unwanted senders.

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Adding Newsletters to Digests

Once you have newsletters in your Inbox, add them to your digests:
1

Create or Edit Digest

Go to your digests and create a new one or edit an existing digest
2

Add Email Block

Add an Email block to your digest
3

Select Senders

Choose which approved senders to include in this block, or use “Include All” to add all newsletters
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Activate Digest

Activate your digest to start receiving summaries on schedule
Learn more about adding sources to blocks.

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Best Practices

Use Forwarding Filters

Don’t forward everything - only newsletters. This protects your privacy and keeps your inbox relevant.

Choose Username Carefully

You can only create your inbox once, so pick a username you’ll be happy with long-term.

Review Weekly

Check your inbox regularly for new senders and block any spam immediately.

Test Before Committing

Start by forwarding a few newsletters to test the setup before adding all your subscriptions.

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Troubleshooting

Check these common issues:
  • Verify your forwarding rules are active in your email provider
  • Make sure you’re using the correct inbox address
  • For Outlook/Microsoft 365 users: Check that external forwarding is enabled (see our auto-forwarding guide)
  • Check your email provider’s spam folder - newsletters might be blocked before forwarding
  • Wait a few minutes - emails can take up to 5 minutes to appear
Forwarded emails typically appear in your inbox within seconds to a few minutes of being forwarded.
Technically yes, but we strongly recommend using filters to forward only newsletters. This protects your privacy and keeps your sources relevant. See our auto-forwarding guide for filter setup instructions.
Blocked senders remain visible in the Senders view (marked as “Blocked”) but:
  • Won’t appear as options in Email blocks
  • Won’t show up in Recent Emails or Top Senders
  • Won’t be included in any digests
You can approve them again if you change your mind.
Yes. We store emails securely for up to 1 year to enable the reading experience and digest generation. You can delete individual emails or all data anytime from your inbox at summate.io/v2/inbox.
No. You can only create your inbox address once, so choose carefully! This is to ensure address uniqueness and prevent confusion.

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Next Steps

Set Up Auto-Forwarding

5-minute setup guide for all email providers

Add to Digests

Create Email blocks with your newsletters

Manage Sources

Learn about different source types
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