The Gmail permission, explained.
Compose asks for exactly one permission — gmail.send. It cannot read your inbox. Here's precisely what it does.
To send from your own address, MailViewed asks Google for one permission: gmail.send. It is send-only by design — the narrowest permission Google offers that can send mail.
What it allows
- Sending the specific email you composed, at the moment you press Send. That's the entire list.
What it cannot do
- Read, search, or list any of your email
- Access your inbox, drafts, labels, or contacts
- Modify or delete anything in your account
Signing in to MailViewed itself uses only your basic Google profile (name and email). Signing in to MailViewed itself uses only your basic Google profile (name and email). The Gmail permission is asked for separately, only if you use Compose or turn on individual copies for group emails (Pro). You can revoke it any time at myaccount.google.com/permissions. Disconnect in Compose deletes our stored connection so we can no longer send for you, but to remove the permission from your Google account as well, revoke it there.
While sending, your message transits our server encrypted and is deleted the moment it's handed to Gmail — we keep zero message content. Details in What we store.