Update an existing email account configuration.
AI agents use smartlead_update_email_account to create or update resources in SmartLead MCP Server — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your SmartLead MCP Server environment.
This tool modifies email account configuration data reversibly (Write category). Severity is high because compromised email account configurations could be used to send phishing/spam emails at scale, hijack legitimate email sending credentials, or redirect campaign traffic—causing reputational and operational damage. The high confidence reflects clear Write semantics from both name and description.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'smartlead_update_email_account' and description 'Update an existing email account configuration' indicate modification of stored email account settings.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access smartlead_update_email_account gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and SmartLead MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for smartlead_update_email_account:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"smartlead_update_email_account": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "smartlead_update_email_account_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}smartlead_update_email_account stays usable, but capped — an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Update an existing email account configuration. It is categorised as a Write tool in the SmartLead MCP Server MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the SmartLead MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for smartlead_update_email_account: 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 SmartLead MCP Server. Nothing to install.
smartlead_update_email_account is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the smartlead_update_email_account 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 smartlead_update_email_account. 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.
smartlead_update_email_account is provided by the SmartLead MCP Server MCP server (win8428/smartlead-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from SmartLead MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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