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Sending API, SMTP & developer experience — found from sitemap — Bird Email API (formerly SparkPost)
Checked for Bird Email API (formerly SparkPost) on 1 Nov 2026
- Page
- https://bird.com/email-api/features/inbound
- Checked
- 1 Nov 2026, 09:32 UTC
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- Public page, crawling permitted
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- sha256:99ada2ba4953f955eac954a366ed6073c9278823c857868cb9a423192f79b0ca
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Facts read from this source
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Inbound purpose Report an error
“Receive incoming emails and route them to your app. Turn incoming emails and customer replies into support tickets, order updates, and AI agent workflows without running your own SMTP servers or MIME parsers.”
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Mime extraction Report an error
“Bird extracts HTML and plain-text bodies, headers, and file attachments while checking SPF, DKIM, and DMARC authentication so your application can verify the sender before processing a request.”
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Raw mime download Report an error
“Download the unmodified raw MIME source when your compliance, security, or archival pipelines need the original payload.”
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Forwarding address Report an error
“No. You can start immediately with a Bird-generated forwarding address and forward mail from an existing inbox like support@ or invoices@ with zero DNS changes.”
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Custom domain mx Report an error
“When you want to receive mail directly on your own domain or subdomain, point its MX records to Bird.”
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Webhook event Report an error
“Inbound webhooks deliver the sender, recipient, subject, headers, and message reference immediately so your endpoint stays fast even when customers send large files.”
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Webhook name Report an error
“Webhook event email.received”
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Retention 30 days Report an error
“Bird retains received emails, parsed bodies, and attachments for 30 days.”
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Routing shared addresses Report an error
“Route shared addresses like tickets@ or invoices@ and plus-addressed reply tokens straight to your webhook, and use message reply headers to attach incoming emails and attachments to the exact support ticket, CRM thread, or order.”
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Bird mcp Report an error
“Give your AI agents and support tools direct access to incoming customer emails through Bird MCP.”
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Workspaces Report an error
“Separate production and sandbox traffic into dedicated workspaces, scope API keys to the exact channels each service or agent needs, and track permission changes in the audit log.”
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Inboxes for agents Report an error
“Mailbox Provision dedicated email inboxes for AI agents and workflows.”
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Channels Report an error
“Email Deliver transactional emails, run campaigns, and handle replies. SMS Send global text alerts, campaigns, and two-way replies. WhatsApp Send approved templates, rich media, and two-way support chats. Apple Messages Support customers, schedule appointments, and take Apple Pay in Messages. Voice Place programmable calls, run IVR menus, and connect SIP trunks. Verify Confirm signups and logins with OTPs and automatic channel fallback. Lookup Validate phone numbers and emails before you pay to send. Mailbox Provision dedicated email inboxes for AI agents and workflows. eSIM Issue travel data plans and mobile connectivity in your app. Realtime Stream live updates, chat, and presence over managed WebSockets.”
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Shared infra cross channel Report an error
“Add new channels, verification, and connectivity in the same workspace, using the same API keys, webhooks, and SDKs.”
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Smtp relay Report an error
“SMTP relay Send through Bird from your existing app or mail server by swapping credentials.”
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Inbox insights Report an error
“Inbox Insights See where your emails land across Gmail, Outlook, and Yahoo before sending.”
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Competitive insights Report an error
“Competitive Insights Monitor how often competitors send and what subject lines they use.”
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Deliverability Report an error
“Email deliverability Verify domains, warm up dedicated IPs, and protect your sender reputation.”
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Docs and devtools Report an error
“Build Documentation API reference MCP server CLI AI tools Integrations Developer tools”
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AI agent summarize Report an error
“Agents can look up the latest reply to an order or support thread, read the parsed body and attachments, and summarize or resolve the request using live order data.”
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