{"id":33528,"date":"2026-11-09T09:17:58","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T09:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firestorm.ch\/?p=33528"},"modified":"2026-11-09T09:17:58","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T09:17:58","slug":"mail-api","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firestorm.ch\/en\/news\/mail-api\/","title":{"rendered":"Mail API: manage mailboxes automatically"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you look after many mailboxes, you do not want to create them one by one. From now on this works automatically: with the new <strong>Mail API<\/strong> you create, change, deactivate and delete the mailboxes of your hosting directly from your own programs and scripts, including aliases and forwarding. The Mail API works on all our hosting servers, Linux and Windows, and is free of charge.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:22px;margin:26px 0;\">\n<div style=\"flex:1 1 300px;display:flex;gap:14px;align-items:flex-start;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newsbeitrag.firestorm.ch\/uploads\/img_1794215360_mailbox.png\" width=\"54\" height=\"54\" alt=\"Mailbox icon\" style=\"flex-shrink:0;border-radius:12px;\"><\/p>\n<div><strong style=\"display:block;margin-bottom:4px;\">Manage mailboxes automatically<\/strong>Create, change password and storage, deactivate, reactivate and delete, plus aliases and forwarding.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex:1 1 300px;display:flex;gap:14px;align-items:flex-start;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newsbeitrag.firestorm.ch\/uploads\/img_1794215360_key.png\" width=\"54\" height=\"54\" alt=\"Key icon\" style=\"flex-shrink:0;border-radius:12px;\"><\/p>\n<div><strong style=\"display:block;margin-bottom:4px;\">A key just for mail<\/strong>The key is valid only for the hostings and domains you select. Your DNS key never opens your mailboxes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex:1 1 300px;display:flex;gap:14px;align-items:flex-start;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newsbeitrag.firestorm.ch\/uploads\/img_1794215360_ip.png\" width=\"54\" height=\"54\" alt=\"Location icon\" style=\"flex-shrink:0;border-radius:12px;\"><\/p>\n<div><strong style=\"display:block;margin-bottom:4px;\">Can be limited to your servers<\/strong>Optionally a key only works from the IP addresses of your server. You receive a confirmation email for every new key.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex:1 1 300px;display:flex;gap:14px;align-items:flex-start;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newsbeitrag.firestorm.ch\/uploads\/img_1794215360_servers.png\" width=\"54\" height=\"54\" alt=\"Server icon\" style=\"flex-shrink:0;border-radius:12px;\"><\/p>\n<div><strong style=\"display:block;margin-bottom:4px;\">On all hosting servers<\/strong>Linux and Windows, at no extra cost and without moving. The limits of your hosting apply as usual.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top:1.4em;\">How to set up the Mail API<\/h2>\n<p>In the customer area, enable API access under <strong>Account &gt; Customer profile<\/strong> and click <strong>Manage API keys<\/strong>. Enter a label, choose the scope <strong>Mail (mailboxes)<\/strong> and the hostings you want. Optionally restrict the key to individual domains and to the IP addresses of your server. The key is shown once, note it down right away.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/newsbeitrag.firestorm.ch\/uploads\/img_1794215360_shot-en.png\" alt=\"Interface for creating an API key with the scope Mail\" width=\"600\">New in the customer area: create a key with the scope &#8220;Mail&#8221; for selected hostings<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top:1.4em;\">Built to be secure<\/h2>\n<p>The Plesk interface of the hosting servers remains closed to customers. On every call, the Mail API checks that the domain belongs to your active hosting and only allows a fixed set of mail functions. Failed logins block the sender IP, and every change is logged.<\/p>\n<p>All endpoints and examples are in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firestorm.ch\/en\/kb\/api-mail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mail API knowledge base article<\/a>. 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