---
title: "Create a mailbox policy"
method: POST
path: "/v1/mailboxes/{id}/policies"
tags: ["Mailboxes"]
---

# Create a mailbox policy

`POST /v1/mailboxes/{id}/policies`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.samva.dev`
- URL: `https://api.samva.dev/v1/mailboxes/{id}/policies`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

Adds a send policy to a mailbox and returns it with status 201. It applies to every send proposed after it is created, whoever proposes it. A mailbox that already holds 20 policies conflicts.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Request body

- CreateMailboxPolicyPayload
  - `name` string, required
  - `outcome` 'requireApproval' | 'deny', required
  - `reason` string, nullable
  - `enabled` boolean, nullable

## Response `201`

Success

- MailboxPolicy
  - `id` string, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `outcome` 'requireApproval' | 'deny', required
  - `reason` string, nullable, required
  - `enabled` boolean, required
  - `createdAt` string, required
  - `updatedAt` string, required

## Other responses

- `401`: UnauthorizedError
- `403`: ForbiddenError
- `404`: ResourceNotFoundError
- `409`: ConflictError
- `422`: ValidationError
- `500`: InternalError
- `504`: GatewayTimeoutError

---

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