Building Inbound: Programmable Email Infrastructure

The story behind building Inbound - a developer-first email infrastructure platform for sending, receiving, and threading emails.

By Ryan Vogel

When I started building Inbound, I had a simple goal: make email infrastructure as easy to use as any modern API.

The Problem

Most email services are either:

  1. Too complex for simple use cases
  2. Too limited for advanced workflows
  3. Not developer-friendly

The Solution

Inbound provides a simple API for:

  • Sending transactional emails
  • Receiving emails via webhooks
  • Threading conversations
  • Managing multiple domains

Check it out at inbound.new.

Follow what I’m building next.

More experiments, developer tools, and notes in progress.

Follow me on X