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4 steps · ~5 min

Put your agent on Email.

Your agent gets an inbox — it reads and replies over IMAP/SMTP.

Copy it the moment it appears. This platform shows the secret only once — if you lose it, you'll have to reset and start that step again.

  1. 1Step 1Use a dedicated inbox

    Best on its own email account, not your personal one. Gmail works well as an example.

  2. 2Step 2Turn on 2-Step Verification

    In your Google account, open Security → 2-Step Verification and turn it on (app passwords need it).

  3. Step 3Create an app password

    Go to myaccount.google.com/apppasswords, name it, click Create, and copy the 16-character code.

    This app password lets anything read and send email from that inbox — treat it like your account password. If it leaks, delete it from the App passwords page and create a new one.

    On screenA yellow box with a 16-character code — it's shown once, so copy it now.
  4. 4Step 4Paste the details into Blimp

    Enter the address, the app password, imap.gmail.com, and smtp.gmail.com.

    On screenOther providers use their own hosts (e.g. Outlook: outlook.office365.com / smtp.office365.com).

What Blimp will ask for

  • Email address
  • Password / app password
  • IMAP hoste.g. imap.gmail.com
  • SMTP hoste.g. smtp.gmail.com
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Once you paste it into Blimp, that's the finish line — we verify the credential and put your agent live. Every agent runs isolated, with its own private memory — walled off from everyone else's. Idle agents cost nothing; you only pay for real conversations.