> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.getoneprofile.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Connect a mailbox

> Connect the email accounts your sequences send from, import inboxes in bulk, and keep an eye on their health and daily capacity.

A sequence sends through a connected mailbox, so connect at least one before you launch. Mailboxes live on the **Mailboxes** tab of the **Senders & mailboxes** page.

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</Frame>

## Connect a mailbox

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the connect dialog">
    On the **Mailboxes** tab, click **Connect mailbox**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose a sender profile">
    Pick who this mailbox sends as in the **Sender profile** field. Leave it on **Assign later** to decide afterwards.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick a connection method">
    Under **Connect existing inboxes**, click **Connect** on **Google Workspace / Gmail**. **Microsoft 365 / Outlook** and **IMAP / SMTP** are marked **Soon**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Authorize the account">
    Pick the account you send from and approve the requested access, which covers sending and reading replies. You come back to the dashboard with the mailbox added.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  Only Google Workspace and Gmail connect today. Your admin may need to allowlist Oneprofile first, and the dialog links to Google's own admin guide for that.
</Note>

## See what you have connected

The **Mailboxes** tab lists every connected email account, its health, and its daily sending limits. Four tiles filter the list: **Mailboxes**, **Disconnected**, **Sent yesterday**, and **Sent today**. A fifth card, **Capacity left today**, shows how many more emails your connected mailboxes can send between them today.

The **Recommendations** column names what to fix on each row, as chips you can click.

## Import inboxes in bulk

If you buy dedicated cold-email inboxes from InboxKit, connect them all at once instead of one at a time. Click **Import from InboxKit** on the **Mailboxes** tab, or **Import** in the connect dialog's **Buy inboxes** section. If your workspace has not connected InboxKit yet, the dialog asks for your API key first.

## Good to know

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Choosing which inboxes to import">
    The import dialog lists every inbox in your InboxKit workspace as a searchable table, with each row's domain and status. Until authorization starts, a row shows the status InboxKit reports for it. From there it moves through **Authorizing…** to **Ready** or **Auth failed**, and shows **Imported** once it is connected.

    Tick the inboxes you want, set a **Daily send limit** if you do not want the default, then click **Import**. The button counts your selection before you click it. Leave the limit blank to use the default.

    <Note>
      A newly bought domain can take a few minutes to authorize. A banner on the **Mailboxes** tab tracks how many have imported so far, even after you close the dialog. Its **View progress** button reopens the dialog.
    </Note>
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="What the Recommendations chips mean">
    * **Reconnect**: the mailbox cannot send until you reconnect it
    * **Add a sender**: nobody sends from this mailbox until you assign it to a sender profile
    * **High bounces**: the bounce rate is above the alert threshold, so open the mailbox to see which recipients broke
    * **Add signature**: emails send with no signature until you set one
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="When a mailbox disconnects">
    A disconnected mailbox sends nothing, and every sequence that depends on it pauses automatically. A warning banner appears at the top of the tab the moment one drops, and the **Disconnected** tile filters the list down to them.

    <Tip>
      Reconnect a mailbox from its row menu, or from its **Reconnect** chip in the **Recommendations** column.
    </Tip>
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Senders" icon="mailbox" href="/outreach/senders">
    Group mailboxes into the profile a sequence sends as.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Build a sequence" icon="send" href="/outreach/build-a-sequence">
    Send outreach from the mailboxes you just connected.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>