Email Connections

A calm home for iCloud Mail

Connect with a dedicated Apple app-specific password, then choose whether to analyze mail.

Prepare your Apple Account

Enable two-factor authentication, then visit account.apple.com → Sign-In and Security → App-Specific Passwords. Generate a password for zenvodo. Never enter your main Apple Account password in zenvodo.

Connect your mailbox

First verify your zenvodo sign-in email from Account. Then expand Apple iCloud and choose Continue to iCloud. Enter your primary @icloud.com, @me.com or @mac.com address, the generated password and timezone. Custom-domain aliases and a different Apple Account login are not supported onboarding addresses. Confirm connection consent. Connection verification reads mailbox metadata, without importing message content.

Use an Apple app-specific password Example
iCloud connection form with primary iCloud email, an empty app-specific password field, mailbox timezone and connection consent.
Enter your primary iCloud Mail address, the password generated for zenvodo and the mailbox timezone. The password field stays blank in this example. Your main Apple Account password does not belong here. Connecting checks access without starting analysis. View full-size screenshot

Understand the permissions

Apple app-specific passwords do not have a read-only permission scope. zenvodo restricts its reader to read-only IMAP commands over TLS; it does not send, archive, delete, move or mark messages read. The password is encrypted on the server. You can revoke it at Apple at any time.

Choose analysis separately

In Account, select a 1, 7 or 30 day window, review the disclosed analysis processor and its policy, and explicitly enable iCloud syncing. The existing background worker checks Inbox and Sent for tasks, promises, deadlines and follow-ups. Archived mail, custom folders, spam, trash, drafts and attachment contents are excluded. Large or unsupported messages are skipped.

Choose the initial window and review analysis consent Example
Unstarted iCloud sync settings with Email rules, a one-day initial window, the disclosed processor, analysis consent and Enable iCloud syncing.
Expand the connected mailbox in Account. Open Email rules first, choose the initial mail window and read the disclosed processor policy before enabling syncing. This example selects one day and leaves consent unchecked. The processor and its data policy are shown beside the consent controls. View full-size screenshot

Keep the source close

Task source details show the sender and subject. Open iCloud Mail opens the web mailbox; search for the displayed subject there. Exact message links are not available. Rules, custom task views, follow-up insights and briefings work with iCloud tasks too.

Replace or revoke a password

If Apple revokes the password, syncing shows a reconnect message. Generate a replacement and connect the same mailbox again while signed in to the same zenvodo account; existing tasks and sync settings are kept. Changing your main Apple Account password can revoke app-specific passwords. Pause syncing whenever you need. Disconnect removes local workspace data; also revoke the app-specific password at Apple.

One thoughtful step at a time.Try it in the demo