Why can't I receive replies in Lumyeye Pro?

Postcard mode is intentionally one-way: you send a photo and text, the recipient receives the email in their regular inbox, but the reply doesn't arrive in Lumyeye Pro. This simplifies usage for people who don't want to manage an inbox. To receive messages, use Gmail voice (Lumyeye Pro reads your Gmail inbox) or SMS voice.

What's the difference with Lumyeye Pro Gmail voice?

Gmail voice connects your existing Gmail inbox: Lumyeye Pro reads received mail and lets you reply. Postcard email sends a simple email without managing your inbox: no account connection, no inbox to read. The two features coexist and can be used in parallel depending on needs.

Is the email content kept on Lumyeye servers?

No. The email is composed on your phone then transmitted directly to the outbound mail server, without a Lumyeye archive. Session memory is limited to the last 20 actions, kept as a rolling window. No sent email is kept on Lumyeye servers.

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Postcard email mode (one-shot)

Q: How many recipients per email?

One per send. Lumyeye Pro cannot yet handle a list Theo + Lea + Marc in a single command. To send to several loved ones, repeat the command for each one.

Q: How is this different from iOS Mail or Siri?

iOS Mail requires a configured email account (Gmail, iCloud, Yahoo) and an inbox to manage. Siri can dictate an email but still uses your iOS Mail account. Lumyeye Pro postcard mode requires no email account and manages no inbox: it's a pure send. You skip spam filtering, conversation threads and mail notifications.

An instant digital postcard, by voice. You want to share a moment: a photo + three lines + a subject. Lumyeye Pro sends it all at once, the way you mail a postcard. One-shot. No reply lands in the app — it's made for sharing a moment, not managing a conversation.

How do I send an email with a photo without managing an inbox?

Published May 2026 · Rated 4.5/5 by 918 users on the App Store

Postcard email mode is for sharing a moment: photo + short text + subject, in one send. It is the digital equivalent of a postcard you drop in the mailbox: you send it, that's it. No reply lands in Lumyeye Pro, by design. iOS 17.6+, from $16.99/month. Lumyeye Pro composes the email by voice, with no external mail account to configure. Sending goes through the Lumyeye infrastructure (Cloud Functions Firebase + Resend, our sending provider) with From "your first name via Lumyeye" and your email in Reply-To.

The user takes a photo, says "send an email to my grandson Theo", dictates the text ("Hi Theo, look at Mistigri sunbathing this morning. Love, grandma"), provides a subject ("News from home") and confirms. Lumyeye Pro reads back recipient, subject and body before sending. The email goes out as soon as she says "yes". Theo receives in his regular inbox an email with the photo attached and the automatic signature: "— Sent by <first name> via Lumyeye. Reply to this email to contact <first name>."

This email is one-way on the Lumyeye Pro side: any reply from Theo lands in his grandmother's real mailbox (the one she declared at signup), not in the app. If he prefers, Theo can also call or send a text, which she listens to via SMS voice. To listen to his reply emails, she opens her regular mail app on her iPhone.

Lumyeye Pro does not store the content of the email (no database, no archive). The server only logs the Resend technical identifier, the displayed first name and the presence of a Reply-To. The email transits through Lumyeye servers (Cloud Functions europe-west1) then Resend (our sending provider). Available exclusively on iOS 17.6+, from $16.99/month.

Frequently asked questions

Sender, replies, storage — your questions.

Why don't I receive replies in Lumyeye Pro?

Postcard mode is a pure send: Lumyeye Pro has no built-in inbox for this flow. Replies land in your regular mailbox (the one you declared at Lumyeye Pro signup), because Lumyeye puts your email in Reply-To of the sent email. To listen to those replies, open your regular mail app on your iPhone, or use SMS voice if your loved ones prefer texts.

What exactly does the recipient see?

Displayed sender: "<your first name> via Lumyeye". Technical sending address: noreply@send.lumyeye.com. Reply-To: your personal email. A signature at the bottom reads: "Sent by <first name> via Lumyeye. Reply to this email to contact <first name>." The photo is a JPEG attachment (native iPhone quality, no re-compression).

How many recipients per email?

One per send. Lumyeye Pro cannot (yet) handle a list "Theo + Lea + Marc" in a single command. To send to several loved ones, repeat the command for each one.

Is the email stored at Lumyeye?

The email content is not archived. It transits through Lumyeye Cloud Functions (europe-west1) then through Resend (our sending provider). Lumyeye logs keep the Resend technical identifier, your displayed first name and the anonymized hash of the recipient address — not the body or the photo. Local session memory is limited to the last 20 actions, kept as a rolling window.

How is this different from iOS Mail or Siri?

iOS Mail and Siri send from your mail account (Gmail, iCloud, Yahoo) and open a compose window. Lumyeye Pro sends from its own relay (noreply@send.lumyeye.com, signed with your first name) with no window, just by voice. You have no mail account to configure in the app — you just gave your email at Lumyeye Pro signup.

Testimonial

Henriette, 78, Bordeaux.

"Theo is 9, he doesn't have his own email. His mother opens it on her tablet and reads to him. I take a photo of the rose on the balcony, I dictate 'hi my Theo it's grandma', I send. His mother told me he asked 'who's Lumyeye' the first time. Now he gets it. Not a phone call, but better than nothing."
— Henriette, 78, Bordeaux, wet AMD

Practical tips

Get the most out of postcard email.

Prepare the photo first. Photograph what you want to share, then ask Lumyeye Pro for the description to verify before triggering the email.
Lumyeye Pro reads back before sending. The code waits for a voice confirmation ("yes" / "send") after reading back recipient, subject and body. Listen to the readback in full — an email sent through Resend cannot be recalled.
Add your loved ones in iPhone Contacts with a short first name (Theo, Lea, grandma). Lumyeye Pro resolves names via the iOS address book and recognizes short first names better.
One recipient at a time. To send the same news to several loved ones, repeat the command for each. Lumyeye Pro does not (yet) have a multi-recipient mode.
Your loved ones will reply to your real mailbox. Open your regular mail app from time to time, or ask a loved one to check. The reply will not come back in Lumyeye Pro.