Create an inbound address
POST
/v1/email/inbound-addresses
bird email inbound-addresses create --label 'Support mailbox'curl -X POST "https://us1.platform.bird.com/v1/email/inbound-addresses" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"label": "Support mailbox"
}'Response201
{
"id": "ina_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
"address": "a1b2c3@inbound.eu.bird.com",
"label": "Support mailbox"
}
Creates a new inbound address. Forward a real mailbox to the returned address, and every message sent there arrives as a received email.
The address works as soon as it is returned and requires no verification step.
An optional label records which source mailbox the address maps to.
Request Payload
label
string
Your own label for this address, typically the source mailbox it maps to.
Response Payload
id
string
required
Inbound address ID.
address
string
required
The address to forward your mailbox to. We generate it when the inbound address is created.
label
nullable string
required
Your own label for this address, typically the source mailbox it maps to. null when unset.
created_at
string
required
When the inbound address was created.
updated_at
string
required
When the inbound address was last updated.
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