Replying to customers from your own address
You write a reply to the notification; the customer receives it from info@yourdomain.com — allyourinboxes appears nowhere. This page explains how replying works, whose replies are accepted, and what the “reply wasn't sent” warnings mean.
1 · The shortest path: Reply to the notification
- Open the notification you received and press Reply in your mail app — Gmail, Outlook, your phone, doesn't matter.
- Write your answer and send it. The system picks it up and delivers it to the customer FROM THE INBOX'S OWN ADDRESS.
- The customer sees a normal email thread: their mail plus your answer from your address. No trace of the system in between.
2 · From the panel: New email
- Starting a fresh email rather than replying? Open the inbox in the panel and press New email.
- Enter the recipient, subject, and message → send. The mail again goes out from the inbox's own address.
- You can even start a new email from inside Gmail without opening the panel — using the s.xxx address: /docs/send-from-gmail.
Whose replies are accepted? (Security)
- The system only accepts replies coming FROM YOUR NOTIFICATION ADDRESS — your sign-up email (changeable in Settings).
- The reply must also pass SPF/DKIM authentication; if you send from a normal provider like Gmail or Outlook, that happens by itself.
- These two checks stop anyone who merely knows your address from emailing your customers in your name.
- Every mail's received/notified/replied/rejected trail, with reasons, is on the Activity page.
What does the “reply wasn't sent” warning mean?
- If your reply can't be delivered for any reason, it doesn't vanish silently — a “wasn't sent” warning lands at your notification address and tells you why.
- Most common cause: you replied from a different account than your notification address. Resend from the right one.
- Second most common: SPF/DKIM authentication failed — usually seen with custom setups sending from their own server. Moving your notification address to a provider like Gmail/Outlook ends the problem.
- If you got the warning, the customer received nothing; fix the cause and send again.
Where people get stuck
I replied, but the customer sees some “allyourinboxes” address
The inbox's sending side isn't connected yet. Cloudflare inboxes come with sending ready; for IMAP inboxes connect SMTP on the Advanced screen (/docs/connect-hosting-imap), and for Outlook use Connect Microsoft (/docs/outlook-forwarding).
I'm not sure whether my reply went out
The rule is simple: no warning means it went out. If you want to see it anyway, the Activity page shows every mail's trail — your reply appears as a “replied” entry.
I want a teammate to be able to reply too
Replies are only accepted from the account's notification address. For team use, point the notification address at a shared mailbox (e.g. the team's Gmail) — you change it in Settings with a 6-digit code, and the code is sent to the NEW address.
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