Layers Mail
All your team’s mailboxes in one window
Work and shared mailboxes, folders and labels — in one window with your projects, pages and Cloud.
No card · free for up to 20 people
The pain
How most teams handle email
Without shared mail
- ✗The shared mailbox password gets passed around in chat
- ✗Server settings are dug out of the provider’s help pages
- ✗The invitation is in an email, the calendar in another window
- ✗The same email gets typed from scratch every time
01 · Connect
Your mailboxes, no migration
Layers connects to the mailboxes you already have. Pick your mail provider and the server addresses fill in on their own.
Connecting
A mailbox connects in a minute
Pick a provider from the list and the incoming and outgoing servers fill in: imap.yandex.ru:993 and smtp.yandex.ru:465. Credentials go to your node and are stored there encrypted.
02 · Sort
An inbox you don’t drown in
Replies gather into threads, and messages go into folders and labels.
Threads
The whole conversation in one thread
Replies gather into one thread: messages from Sofia and Emma one under another, each with its own date.
Folders
Drag a message into a folder
Your own folders and subfolders sit next to Inbox and Archive. Drag “September invoice paid” onto Invoices and it’s already there.
Labels
Labels on top of folders
A message stays in its folder and carries labels too. Labels → Clients, and the label appears next to the subject.
And the rest
Search, flags and the message menu
Search
Type “invoice” and only the matching messages stay in the list.
Important
Flagged messages are collected under Important.
Several at once
Select several messages and mark them read in one go.
Message menu
Move to…, Mark as spam, Archive, Block sender — right-click a message.
03 · Reply
Email that goes out on time
Send later, templates and the address book — right in the message window.
Send later
The message goes out in the morning
Send later → Tomorrow morning, and the message goes out on its own at 09:00 AM. The notification has an Undo button.
In the message window
Drafts, files and the sending mailbox
Drafts
The message saves on its own: Draft saved.
Attachments
Attach a file and it’s already in the message: Attachments: 1.
From
Several mailboxes — choose which address the message goes from.
Reply, Reply All, Forward
Three buttons under every message.
04 · Work together
A shared mailbox without a shared password
Open a mailbox to colleagues: each of them reads and replies from it, and the password stays with the owner.
Access
A right, not the password
The mailbox is open to colleagues: each gets a right, not the password — the credentials stay with you and are shown to no one. Everyone has their own level: Manage, Reply or Read.
For a colleague
The shared mailbox in a colleague’s mail
The sales@ mailbox shows up in a colleague’s mail next to their own: “Consultation request”, “Question about pricing”.
Transparent
See what left the mailbox and to whom
Under Access there is a Who sent what log: “Re: Consultation request”, “Re: Question about pricing” and their recipients. Above it the colleague sees their rights: “You can read this mailbox and reply from it”.
05 · Automate
Set it up once and it runs itself
Rules sort your mail, an auto-reply answers for you, and forwarding sends copies to a deputy.
Rules
Rules sort your inbox
The “Invoices from accounting” rule catches mail from accounts@. Actions: a label, a folder, mark as read, mark as important, trash, forward or reply with text. Run it over mail that’s already there too: “Examined 12 letters, the rule applied to 3.”
Mailbox settings
Auto-reply, forwarding, signatures
Auto-reply
Replies while you’re away: October 12 to 19, and only to people who have written before.
Forwarding
Copies of incoming mail go to a deputy, and forwarded mail is marked as read.
Signatures
Several signatures: Full by default, Short in replies.
Blocked senders
Addresses whose mail goes straight to the trash.
06 · Next to your work
Mail knows about your calendar and Cloud
Answer an invitation right in the email and see it in the Layers calendar. Attach a file from Cloud without leaving the message window.
Invitations
Accept right in the email
An invitation shows up as a card: subject, who invited you, time and place. Answer with Accept, Maybe or Decline, and it shows at once: You are going.
Calendar
A meeting from an email, in your calendar
The invitation appears in the calendar with the status Invitation from mail. You can answer from there too: Going, Maybe or Not going.
Cloud
A file from Cloud, into the email
Attach from Cloud → My Disk → Mail attachments → Pricing 2026.pdf, and the file is already attached to the message.
Cloud or your own server
Free for up to 20 people. Your own server when you want it
In the cloud: no card, no time limit. Need full control? Deploy Layers yourself: mailbox credentials stay on your node.
One workspace
Mail is just the start
Your data, your control
Do I need to move my domain?
No. Layers connects to the mailboxes you already have: your domain and mail server stay with your provider.
Which mailboxes can I connect?
Any mailbox over IMAP and SMTP. For Gmail, Yandex, Yandex 360, Mail.ru, Rambler, VK WorkSpace, iCloud, Yahoo and Zoho the server addresses fill in on their own.
Can I connect a mailbox over EWS?
Yes: in the connect dialog pick Other and the Exchange (EWS) protocol. Custom folders can only be created in IMAP mailboxes.
Why does Gmail ask for an app password?
The regular mailbox password won’t work: you need an app password, which is only issued with 2-step verification on. There is a hint right in the connect dialog.
Where are passwords stored?
On your node, encrypted. They never appear in the browser or in logs, and colleagues in a shared mailbox don’t see the password.
What can colleagues do in a shared mailbox?
It depends on their level: Read, Reply or Manage. What left the shared mailbox and to whom is shown in its settings.
Can I connect several mailboxes?
Yes. They all show in the sidebar, and in a new message you choose From.
All your team’s mailboxes in one window
Start free in the cloud or deploy Layers on your own server.
