Launching today
Engine Mail
Private AI email with security, control, and MCP built in
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Private AI email with security, control, and MCP built in
15 followers
Engine Mail is a private, AI-powered email workspace for every inbox. Connect Gmail, Outlook, iCloud, Yahoo or any IMAP email account in one unified inbox. Run AI locally or with your own key to summarize threads, extract tasks, search naturally and write better replies. Block trackers, detect phishing, deep-scan suspicious links and attachments, screen unknown senders, unsubscribe in one click, automate cleanup, work offline, track real engagement and collaborate securely.
Hi Product Hunt 👋
We’re the team behind Engine Mail, and today we’re excited to launch it.
Engine Mail started with a frustration we kept running into: email apps often made us choose between speed, useful AI, privacy, security, automation, and collaboration. We wanted to bring all of these together without taking meaningful control away from the user.
Engine Mail is a private, native email workspace for people who live in their inbox but do not want their email app creating another cloud copy of their mailbox.
Here is what makes Engine Mail different:
🔒 Private by default
Everyday mail is stored locally in an encrypted SQLCipher database. Account credentials and sensitive keys are protected by the system Keychain, while mail content remains on the user’s device by default.
🧠 AI on your terms
Use Apple Intelligence on supported devices, run open models locally with Ollama, or connect your own OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, or OpenRouter key. Before content is sent to a cloud model, Engine Mail protects personal details and isolates email text as untrusted input.
🛡️ Security before every click
Phishing Shield analyzes incoming messages, displays SPF, DKIM, and DMARC results, detects misleading links and sender mismatches, blocks trackers and remote content, deeply analyzes suspicious URLs, and supports local attachment scanning.
🧹 Real inbox control
Screener holds messages from unknown senders for review. Unsubscriber identifies mailing lists. Cleaning Suggestions protects sensitive messages before recommending an action. Auto Clean allows users to preview and test rules against real mail before enabling them.
✍️ More than an email reader
Engine Mail includes thread summaries, extracted tasks, three AI reply styles, writing and grammar assistance, natural-language search, offline-first actions, engagement tracking with human and bot classification, secure thread links, team comments, Attachment Vault, Contact Intelligence, and support for 30 interface languages.
🔌 Built for trusted AI tools (MCP)
Power users can enable a loopback-only local MCP server for trusted clients such as Claude Desktop, Codex, and Cursor. Access can be limited by account and capability, keys are stored securely, and sending or changing mail can require human approval.
Engine Mail supports Gmail, Outlook and Hotmail, iCloud Mail, Yahoo Mail, and any email account with standard IMAP and SMTP access, all inside one unified inbox.
Our goal is not to replace your email provider. We are building a safer and smarter layer above it that gives users more intelligence, protection, and control without requiring them to hand over their entire mailbox.
We would genuinely value your feedback, especially on three questions:
1. Which problem matters most to you: privacy, security, AI, or inbox cleanup?
2. Which provider or platform should we prioritize next?
3. Is there one feature you would remove to make Engine Mail feel simpler?
Thank you for taking a look. I will be here throughout the launch, answering questions, listening carefully, and learning from your feedback.
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Pushary
Fire!
love it, does this work for iOS too? (mobile)?
@aadilghani Thanks Aadil! macOS only today, but iOS is coming, and it should be ready next month along with an Android app.
Pushary
@alosefer awesome!
congrats on the launch <3
The local AI option that runs without sending your inbox to a third party is a really thoughtful call, especially for people who'd otherwise never trust an AI assistant with their mail.
@semradermat5ca Thanks Semra, that was the core design call. All the AI can run fully on-device: Apple Intelligence built into macOS, or any open model via Ollama, no account, no key, nothing leaves your Mac. Same for the security side: phishing scoring and analysis all run locally too. Cloud is opt-in with your own key, never through our servers.