mail_send_message
Send an email message through Nextcloud Mail. Requires an account ID and recipient addresses.
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What mail_send_message does on AIquila — Nextcloud MCP Server
AI agents invoke mail_send_message to trigger actions in AIquila — Nextcloud MCP Server. What it does depends on the arguments the agent supplies, and its effects often reach beyond the immediate call: builds kicked off, notifications sent, workflows started.
Why mail_send_message is rated High
Sending an email is an external operation that triggers real-world communication to recipients. It is not merely writing data within the system — it dispatches messages to external parties and cannot be recalled once sent.
From the tool's definition Send an email message through Nextcloud Mail
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The rule that runs mail_send_message safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and AIquila — Nextcloud MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For mail_send_message, this is the rule to start with:
mail_send_message stays usable, but rate-capped: a runaway agent can't fire it dozens of times a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect AIquila — Nextcloud MCP Server, apply this rule, and every mail_send_message call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about mail_send_message
Send an email message through Nextcloud Mail. Requires an account ID and recipient addresses. It is categorised as a Execute tool in the AIquila — Nextcloud MCP Server MCP Server, which means it can trigger actions or run processes. Use rate limits and argument validation.
Register the AIquila — Nextcloud MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for mail_send_message: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches AIquila — Nextcloud MCP Server. Nothing to install.
mail_send_message is a Execute tool with high risk. Execute tools should be rate-limited and have argument validation enabled.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the mail_send_message rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for mail_send_message. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
mail_send_message is provided by the AIquila — Nextcloud MCP Server MCP server (elgorro/aiquila). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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