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8 min readWiring your product into the inbox: REST API and webhooks for email automation
The shape of the Flowmails API, when to use webhooks vs polling, and a worked example of inbound-to-ticket automation in 30 lines.
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Operator notes on Cloudflare-native email.
Long-form writing about self-hosted email in D1, Workers-native routing, the REST API, and the parts of the platform that show up in the security review.
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12 min readCloudflare Email Routing REST API send — getting outbound working
Cloudflare Email Routing handles inbound. For sending, you need Email Services + a Worker. Here's the REST API contract for outbound send, how the threading shape works, and how Flowmails wraps it.