# Forward Email Messages API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/forward-email/forward-email-messages-api/  
**Provider:** Forward Email — https://apis.io/providers/forward-email/  
**Base URL:** https://api.forwardemail.net  
**Documentation:** https://forwardemail.net/

Forward Email Messages API is one of 16 APIs that [Forward Email](https://apis.io/providers/forward-email/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 6 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Messages. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and 6 JSON Schemas.

Alias messages management endpoints (IMAP/POP3) >[!NOTE] > Unlike other API endpoints, these require [Authentication](#description/authentication) "username" equal to the alias username and "password" equal to the alias generated password as Basic Authorization headers. >[!TIP] > These endpoints provide comprehensive message management with advanced search capabilities. You can search by folder, flags, content, headers, date ranges, size, and more. Messages can be created using standard Nodemailer format and support moving between folders and flag management. Please ensure that you have followed setup instructions for your domain. These instructions can be found in our FAQ section [Do you support receiving email with IMAP?](/faq#do-you-support-receiving-email-with-imap).

## Operations (5)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/v1/messages` | List and search messages |
| POST | `/v1/messages` | Create message |
| GET | `/v1/messages/{id}` | Retrieve message |
| PUT | `/v1/messages/{id}` | Update message |
| DELETE | `/v1/messages/{id}` | Delete message |

## Machine-readable artifacts (7)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/forward-email/openapi/forward-email-messages-api-openapi.yml
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/forward-email/json-schema/forward-email-domain-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/forward-email/json-schema/forward-email-update-domain-input-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/forward-email/json-schema/forward-email-message-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/forward-email/json-schema/forward-email-smtp-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/forward-email/json-schema/forward-email-alias-account-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/forward-email/json-schema/forward-email-alias-input-schema.json

## Other Forward Email APIs (12)

- [Forward Email Account API](https://apis.io/apis/forward-email/forward-email-account-api/)
- [Forward Email Aliases API](https://apis.io/apis/forward-email/forward-email-aliases-api/)
- [Forward Email Calendar Events API](https://apis.io/apis/forward-email/forward-email-calendar-events-api/)
- [Forward Email Calendars API](https://apis.io/apis/forward-email/forward-email-calendars-api/)
- [Forward Email Contacts API](https://apis.io/apis/forward-email/forward-email-contacts-api/)
- [Forward Email Domains API](https://apis.io/apis/forward-email/forward-email-domains-api/)
- [Forward Email Emails API](https://apis.io/apis/forward-email/forward-email-emails-api/)
- [Forward Email Encrypt API](https://apis.io/apis/forward-email/forward-email-encrypt-api/)
- [Forward Email Folders API](https://apis.io/apis/forward-email/forward-email-folders-api/)
- [Forward Email Invites API](https://apis.io/apis/forward-email/forward-email-invites-api/)
- [Forward Email Logs API](https://apis.io/apis/forward-email/forward-email-logs-api/)
- [Forward Email Members API](https://apis.io/apis/forward-email/forward-email-members-api/)

## Tags

Messages

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/forward-email/forward-email-messages-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/forward-email/.