Using MailGate
Sending an email
How to compose and send, and what (if anything) it costs you.
Sending mail in MailGate works the way you'd expect: open Compose, enter a recipient, subject, and body, and send.
What's different is what happens to the message after you hit send.
Where your message goes
- To another MailGate user: the message body is end-to-end encrypted. Only the recipient can read it.
- To an external email (Gmail, Outlook, a work address, etc.): the message is delivered over standard encrypted transport, just like normal email.
You don't have to do anything differently for the two cases — MailGate picks the right path based on the recipient.
What does it cost to send?
Sending is free for you. You are not charged a toll to send mail.
The toll system is about inbound mail: it's what other people may pay to reach you, and what you may pay to reach someone whose inbox is gated. See How pay-to-send works.
Drafts
Drafts are saved as you go. You can create, edit, and delete drafts and come back to them later from the Drafts folder.
Good to know
- Custom "from" domains aren't self-serve yet. You send from your MailGate email; bringing your own domain isn't available in the app yet.
- You can't bring your own SMTP relay. Outbound mail goes through MailGate's sending infrastructure.