Email channel

Keep the address customers already write to

Connect your support mailboxes over native Gmail and Microsoft APIs. Inbound mail becomes a ticket in seconds, replies leave from your own address, and Hookdesk tells you the moment a connection stops syncing.

  • OAuth connection for Google and Microsoft mailboxes
  • Automatic token refresh with an approval-status tracker
  • Threading that keeps customer replies on the same ticket
  • Channel-health warnings before anyone notices silence

Email channel

Live in your workspace

Active
  • Native API sync
  • Token refresh loop
  • Health alerts
  • Multiple mailboxes
  • Attachments intact

Inside the workspace

What your team actually sees

Channel health sits on Home and in Admin > Channels, so a broken mailbox connection is an alert rather than a week of missing tickets.

HookdeskBeta
AC

Good morning, Adam

Last 7 days

9

Assigned to me

3

Due within 4h

1

SLA at risk

0

Unassigned

184

Resolved (7d)

4.7

CSAT (7d)

My queue - due first

  • Invoice total looks wrong12m left
  • Cannot sign in to the portalbreached
  • Order SO-88213 never arrived1h 40m
  • How do I add a teammate?3h 05m

Setup health

  • Mailboxes connected3 syncing
  • Routing rules active11
  • Pending invites2
  • Portallive at help.northwind.co

Capabilities

Built for this job, not bolted on

Native API sync

Gmail and Microsoft Graph rather than fragile forwarding rules.

Token refresh loop

Access tokens refresh automatically; expiry is handled before it bites.

Health alerts

Draft, pending-verification and approved states are visible at a glance.

Multiple mailboxes

Support, billing and per-brand addresses all feed one queue.

Attachments intact

Files arrive with the ticket and are stored against the message.

Full headers kept

Original message metadata is preserved for troubleshooting.

How it runs

From arrival to answer

  1. 1

    Connect

    Run the OAuth consent flow from Admin > Channels.

  2. 2

    Verify

    The approval-status widget confirms the app state for that provider.

  3. 3

    Sync

    Inbound mail creates or threads onto tickets automatically.

  4. 4

    Reply

    Outbound messages send from the connected address with your signature.

Detail

The small print that matters

Where it lives

Admin > Channels > Native API sync.

Providers

Google Workspace / Gmail and Microsoft 365 / Outlook.

Credentials

OAuth client credentials are held as server secrets; tokens are never exposed to the browser.

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