These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a binding agreement between you and [LEGAL ENTITY / Jamie Elgie] (the "Operator," "we," "us," or "our") governing your use of the Mabel Inbox application at mabelinbox.com and any related services (the "Service"). By signing in to or using the Service, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you don't agree, don't use the Service.
1. What Mabel does (so the agreement is clear)
Mabel Inbox is a desktop web application that helps you organize and clean up your Gmail account. In plain terms:
- You sign in with your Google account.
- Mabel reads your email in your browser (locally, on your device) and suggests how to organize it — labels to apply, messages to archive, messages to move to Trash.
- Mabel makes no changes to your mailbox until you review and approve them. You decide what happens to every message.
- Mabel then carries out the changes you approved by asking Gmail to apply them. Deletions are sent to Gmail's Trash (recoverable for about 30 days), not permanently erased by Mabel.
- Your organizing rules are saved in a private, app-only folder in your own Google Drive so they sync across devices.
Mabel is a helper that suggests and, with your approval, acts. It is not a backup service, an email host, or a substitute for your own judgment about which messages matter.
2. Beta / research-preview status
The Service is currently offered as a beta / early-access product. That means:
- It may contain bugs, change without notice, or be modified, suspended, or discontinued at any time.
- Classifications and recommendations are automated and imperfect — Mabel can mis-suggest a label, archive, or deletion.
- You are responsible for reviewing each recommendation before approving it. Approving a recommendation means you accept the resulting change to your mailbox.
Because deletions go to Gmail's Trash, most mistakes are recoverable for a limited time through Gmail — but you, not Mabel, are responsible for verifying changes and recovering anything you didn't intend to remove.
3. Eligibility and your account
You must be at least [the age of majority in your province/state, e.g., 18] and able to form a binding contract to use the Service. You access the Service through your own Google account; you're responsible for maintaining the security of that account and for all activity that occurs through your use of Mabel. You must comply with Google's applicable terms as well as these Terms.
4. Your responsibilities and acceptable use
You agree to:
- use the Service only for your own email, or email you are authorized to manage;
- review recommendations before approving any change to your mailbox;
- comply with all applicable US and Canadian laws, including anti-spam laws (such as the US CAN-SPAM Act and Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation, "CASL") when you send, manage, or unsubscribe from mail.
You agree not to:
- use the Service to access or manage email you are not authorized to access;
- attempt to disrupt, reverse-engineer, scrape, overload, or circumvent the security of the Service or Google's APIs;
- use the Service for any unlawful, infringing, or abusive purpose;
- exceed or evade rate limits or quotas, or otherwise misuse Google API access.
We may suspend or terminate access that violates these Terms or that risks harm to the Service, to Google, or to others.
5. Permissions you grant Google and us
To work, Mabel requests two Google permissions — gmail.modify (read, label, and trash your mail) and drive.appdata (a hidden, app-private Drive folder for your rules). You grant Mabel permission to take these actions on your behalf and at your direction. You can revoke this permission at any time at myaccount.google.com/permissions, which immediately ends Mabel's access. How we handle data is described in the Privacy Policy.
6. Intellectual property
The Service, including its software, design, and branding (the name "Mabel Inbox," logos, and look and feel), is owned by the Operator and protected by intellectual-property laws. We grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Service for its intended purpose. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or create derivative works from the Service except as allowed by law. Your email and your rules remain yours; these Terms grant us no ownership of your content.
7. Third-party services
The Service depends on Google (Gmail and Drive APIs) and [other providers, e.g., Cloudflare hosting, Google Apps Script]. Your use of those services is also governed by their terms and policies, and we are not responsible for them. Mabel is independent of, and not endorsed by, Google or Anthropic.
8. Disclaimers
The Service is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, and non-infringement, to the fullest extent permitted by law. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that its recommendations will be correct, or that any deleted or archived message will be recoverable.
Nothing in these Terms limits rights or warranties that cannot be excluded under the consumer-protection laws that apply to you — including, where applicable, Canadian provincial consumer-protection statutes (for example, Quebec's Consumer Protection Act) and US state consumer law. Where such laws apply, the disclaimers and limitations in these Terms apply only to the extent permitted.
9. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Operator will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, emails, profits, or goodwill, arising out of or relating to your use of (or inability to use) the Service — even if advised of the possibility. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Operator's total aggregate liability for all claims relating to the Service will not exceed the greater of [the amount you paid for the Service in the 12 months before the claim] or [CAD/USD $100].
Some jurisdictions don't allow certain limitations, so some of the above may not apply to you; in that case our liability is limited to the greatest extent permitted by law.
10. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Operator from claims, damages, and reasonable expenses (including legal fees) arising from your misuse of the Service, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any law or third-party right — except to the extent the claim arises from our own wrongdoing or where such indemnity is not permitted by law.
11. Suspension, termination, and changes to the Service
You may stop using the Service and revoke its access at any time. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue all or part of the Service, and may suspend or terminate your access, with or without notice, particularly during the beta period. On termination, the license in Section 6 ends; sections that by their nature should survive (ownership, disclaimers, liability limits, indemnity, governing law) survive.
12. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms as the Service evolves. We'll revise the "Last updated" date and, for material changes, provide more prominent notice [in-app / by email]. Continued use after changes take effect means you accept the updated Terms. If you don't agree, stop using the Service.
13. Governing law and disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of [State of Utah, USA], without regard to conflict-of-laws rules, and you and the Operator submit to the courts located in [Utah] — except where mandatory law gives you the right to the protection of, and to bring proceedings in, the courts of your home province or state. Canadian consumers retain the protections and forum rights granted by the consumer-protection laws of their province (for example, a Quebec consumer's right to sue in Quebec and to the application of Quebec law), and nothing here waives rights that cannot be waived by contract.
[If you intend to require arbitration or waive class actions, insert that clause here and have counsel confirm it's enforceable for your US and Canadian users — class-action waivers are unenforceable for consumers in several Canadian provinces and some US states.]
14. General
These Terms, with the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and the Operator about the Service. If any provision is unenforceable, the rest remains in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision isn't a waiver. You may not assign these Terms; we may assign them to a successor. The English version of these Terms governs, except where local law requires otherwise. [For Quebec users, a French-language version may be required — confirm with counsel.]
15. Contact
Questions about these Terms: [support@mabelinbox.com], [mailing address].