# Your brain’s email

Source: https://docs.getdeeprecall.com/use/email/

> Claim a private brain address, allow senders, forward a message, and review its extracted memories.

Forward useful email to your brain, then inspect the memories and their original message in Documents.

## Claim your address

Open [Settings → Brain’s email](https://getdeeprecall.com/app/settings?tab=email). Choose a permanent username for your `username@deeprecallapp.com` address.

Usernames use 3–40 letters, numbers, or hyphens, and must start and end with a letter or number. Some operational names are reserved. Choose carefully: this address is permanent.

The settings page shows whether receiving is available for your account and environment. If it is unavailable or paused, resolve that before sending.

## Check allowed senders

Your current confirmed account email is allowed by default. Add another exact address before forwarding from another mailbox. You can allow up to 20 additional senders; this grants those addresses permission to submit email to your brain.

Dots and plus tags remain distinct. An allowance for `name@example.com` is not automatically an allowance for `name+work@example.com`.

## Forward a useful message

Forward from an allowed mailbox to your brain’s address. Start with a harmless message you can recognize. Sender authentication is checked against the actual sending message, not just a name or quoted “From” line inside it.

This is forwarding, not mailbox synchronization. Deep Recall does not connect to Gmail to read your whole inbox. Some relays and automatic-forwarding systems can alter sender authentication and may not work. Microsoft 365/Outlook delivery has not been independently verified.

## Review what arrived

Open [Documents](https://getdeeprecall.com/app/documents) and select the Email source. Check processing status, subject, sender, receipt date, extracted memories, and ignored attachments. A message can finish successfully with **zero memories** if there is no useful information to retain.

Email bodies and supported non-image attachments are processed. PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, text, and Markdown attachments are supported within the [email limits](/reference/limits/#email). Images, inline logos, and signature images are skipped. Attachments remain inside the retained email original.

## Pause or remove access

Pause receiving in Settings to block future admissions. Already accepted jobs can finish. Removing an allowed sender affects future email; it does not delete previously received messages or memories.

To remove an email source, use its delete action in Documents and review the consequences for source-linked memories. No confirmation reply is sent when a message arrives. Check Documents instead.