Paste an app password.
From Connections, paste a one-time code Google generates only for Findest. It is checked against Gmail before it is saved and stored encrypted.
Integration
Findest for Gmail, with an app password.
Paste a one-time app password and Findest checks your mailbox every five minutes, reads each attachment that matches a rule and files it renamed into your cloud. No sign-in review, no waiting list, and it works today with any Gmail account.
Read-only by design: it never marks, sends or deletes
- Sign-in
- App passwordA one-time code Google generates only for Findest, separate from your real password.
- Access
- Read-onlyOpened with EXAMINE, so mail is never marked as read, sent, labelled or deleted.
- Checked
- Every 5 minutesNew mail is compared with your rules about every five minutes; it is not real time.
- Revoke
- One clickDelete the app password in your Google Account or disconnect it in Findest.
How it lands from Gmail
Paste once. Then nothing.
Findest checks every 5 minutes.
Each new message is read in read-only mode, so nothing is marked as read. Small files, inline images and unsupported types are dropped before the AI sees them.
Matches land renamed.
An attachment that fits a rule is read in full, renamed Type_Sender_Date and filed in your cloud. The History links to it.
Why an app password
A sign-in button needs a yearly audit. An app password doesn't.
This is the question people ask before connecting a mailbox, so here is the honest comparison rather than a reassuring sentence.
Google sign-in button
Reading Gmail through Google's own consent screen means passing Google's yearly third-party security audit. Until an app passes, access stays capped to a small test list.
So for most accounts it simply isn't available. We would rather ship something that works than promise a button.
App password over IMAP
A feature built into every Gmail account. You generate a separate code just for Findest, and it gives the same read-only view of your mail, today, for any account.
Findest keeps it encrypted with AES-256-GCM, with the key held apart from the data, and the code is never shown to your browser again.
Safe by construction
Four things it can and can't do.
Everything below is how the connection behaves, not a promise on a landing page.
Read-only, always
Findest opens your inbox in read-only mode (EXAMINE). It can never send, delete, label or change anything, and it never marks a message as read, so your inbox looks exactly as it did.
Only matches are kept
Mail that doesn't match any of your rules is never stored. Findest logs just enough (sender, subject, date) to show you what happened in your History.
Anything small is skipped
Before the AI sees a thing, inline images, files under 3 KB, files over 25 MB and unsupported types are dropped, so signature logos never reach your cloud.
The same mail never twice
Each message is filed once. If a run is interrupted, the next one picks up where it stopped and a broken attachment doesn't stop the others.
Before you connect
What you need on the Google side.
Two minutes, once. The steps are in Findest's connection wizard, with a direct link to Google's app-password page.
Two-step verification on
Google only shows the app-passwords page when two-step verification is active. If you can't find it, that is almost always the reason.
Generate one, paste it
Create an app password named Findest, paste it in Connections along with your address. Findest checks it against Gmail before saving, so a typo shows up straight away.
Workspace accounts
A Google Workspace inbox works too, as long as your administrator allows IMAP access and app passwords. Some organisations restrict this centrally.
After it arrives
What happens to a matching attachment.
Gmail is only the source. The rest follows the same path for every mailbox.
It is read in full
The AI reads the whole document, not just the filename, to know exactly what it is. How classification works
Your rules pick the folder
Findest compares it with all your rules in one pass and files it, renamed Type_Sender_Date, into the matching cloud folder. See how rules work
Proof lands in History
Every match shows up in your History with the rule that caught it and a direct link to where it landed. The full journey
Does Findest read all of my email?
Findest checks new mail about every five minutes to find attachments that match your rules. Anything that doesn't match a rule is never stored: only the sender, subject and date are logged so you can see what happened in your History.
Can I revoke access at any time?
Yes. Disconnect it from Findest's Connections page, or delete the app password in your Google Account's security settings. Either way access stops immediately.
Does this work with a Google Workspace inbox?
Yes, as long as your Workspace admin allows IMAP access and app passwords. Some organizations restrict this centrally.
Why an app password instead of a Google sign-in button?
Automatic Gmail access through Google's own sign-in requires passing Google's yearly third-party security audit before it's available to everyone; until then it's capped to a small test list. An app password is built into every Gmail account and gives Findest the same read-only access, available today.
Will Findest mark my mail as read or change my inbox?
No. The mailbox is opened read-only, so Findest never marks a message as read and can never send, delete or label anything.
Where is my app password stored?
Encrypted with AES-256-GCM, with the key held separately from the data. It never goes back to your browser. Data and files are hosted in London, United Kingdom.
What if I use Outlook instead of Gmail?
Outlook connects too, from the same Connections page, through Microsoft's own sign-in screen, including Microsoft 365 work accounts.