> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.slant.app/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Email and calendar > Connect your email and calendar to sync messages, events, and contacts with Slant. Connecting your email and calendar lets Slant sync your emails to household timelines, display calendar events across your books, and send emails directly from Slant. Slant supports Google, Microsoft (Outlook/Office 365), and Microsoft Exchange accounts. Each user can connect up to two email accounts. ## Connect an account Go to **Settings** → **Email and calendar**. Click **Connect Google Account**, **Connect Microsoft Account**, or **Connect Microsoft Exchange**. Sign in to your email provider and grant Slant permission to access your email and calendar. You'll be redirected back to Slant when the connection is complete. ### What gets synced Slant begins syncing immediately after you connect. The initial sync usually takes up to 24 hours depending on the size of your mailbox — you can keep working while it runs. * **Emails** — Slant pulls in up to 7 years of email history. Emails from [blacklisted addresses](#blacklisted-emails) and internal-only emails (messages where every participant is within your organization) are excluded. * **Calendar events** — Slant syncs events from 18 months ago through 1 year into the future, from your primary calendar only. All event types are included — private events are synced but can be [hidden from creating meetings](#hide-private-events). ### Track sync progress While the first sync is running, a progress badge appears in the top bar showing the connected email address, a calendar status ring, and an email status ring. Hover the badge for a breakdown — calendar syncs first, then email fills in by percentage. If multiple accounts are syncing, the badge shows a `+N` chip for the extras. The badge disappears once the sync finishes. ## Manage connected accounts Each connected account appears as a card on the **Email and calendar** settings page. Click the icon to open the account's detail page, or click the **⋮** (three-dot menu) for quick actions: * **Edit** — opens the account detail page where you can configure calendar sharing, email permissions, and your signature * **Reauthenticate** — reconnects to your email provider if the connection has been lost * **Disconnect** — removes the account and all synced data from Slant Disconnecting an account removes all synced emails and calendar events from Slant. This cannot be undone. ### Set a primary account If you have two connected accounts, one is marked as your **primary** account. Slant uses your primary account as the default when sending emails. To change your primary account, click the **⋮** menu on the account you want and select **Set as primary**. ## Calendar sharing Calendar sharing controls which of your books can see events from your connected calendar. To configure calendar sharing, click the icon on a connected account, then select the **Calendar sharing** tab. ### Expose your calendar to a book Under **Expose your primary calendar**, toggle the switch next to each book to start or stop sharing your calendar events with that book. When you expose a calendar to a book, events begin syncing immediately. Other users in that book can see your events on the shared calendar and Slant can create [meetings](/activity/meetings/overview) from your calendar events. ### Share your calendar with your own book If you're the principal of a book, that book's row controls whether your primary calendar is visible to everyone on the book. Toggling it off applies across all of your connected email accounts — it hides your primary calendar from your book members regardless of which account the events come from. Only the book's principal sees this toggle for their own book. Turning off sharing for your own book destroys future meetings that were created from your calendar and cancels any notetakers scheduled for them. Past meetings are preserved. ### Hide private events The **Hide private events** toggle prevents private calendar events from creating meetings or notetakers in Slant. Private events are still synced, but they won't trigger any automated workflows. Turn this on if your calendar contains personal appointments marked as private that you don't want Slant to act on. ### Calendar edit access By default, teammates who can see your calendar can only view events. Use **Calendar edit access** to let specific teammates create, update, reschedule, and delete events on your behalf — useful for assistants or paraplanners who manage your schedule. Granted teammates can act on events directly from Slant. The original calendar owner — you — stays the owner of every event, so changes still sync through your connected calendar provider. Go to **Settings** → **Email and calendar**, click the icon on the connected account, and stay on the **Calendar sharing** tab. Scroll to **Calendar edit access** and click **Grant access**. Under **Grant calendar edit access**, check the box next to each teammate you want to grant access to. Teammates who already have access appear as disabled. Click **Grant access** to confirm. The selected teammates can now create and edit events on this calendar. To revoke a teammate's access, find them in the **Calendar edit access** table and click **Revoke access**. Only teammates who can already see this calendar appear as eligible. If a teammate isn't listed, expose your calendar to one of their books first under **Expose your primary calendar** above. If you stop exposing this calendar to all of a teammate's books, their edit access is automatically removed. ## Email permissions Click the icon on a connected account and select the **Email permissions** tab to manage your blacklist and sharing settings. ### Blacklisted emails Emails from blacklisted addresses or domains won't appear in Slant. This is useful for filtering out newsletters, marketing emails, or other messages you don't want on household timelines. To add entries, type an email address or domain pattern into the input field and click **Save changes**. Use wildcard patterns to block entire domains (e.g., `*@example.com`). Your company admin can also maintain a company-wide blacklist that applies to all users. Company-wide entries appear as read-only on this page. ### Share your email access You can grant teammates permission to view email from your connected inbox, and optionally to send and reply from it. This is helpful when an assistant or team member manages correspondence for your email address. Each shared teammate has one of two access levels: * **Read only** — the teammate can view email from this inbox. * **Read and send** — the teammate can also send and reply from this inbox. On the **Email permissions** tab, click **Grant access**. Check the box next to each teammate you want to grant access to. Teammates who already have access appear as disabled. Click **Grant access** to confirm. The selected teammates can now see email from this inbox. New shares default to **Read only**. To change a teammate's level, use the **Access level** dropdown on their row and choose **Read only** or **Read and send**. The change takes effect immediately. To revoke a teammate's access, find them in the shared access table and click **Revoke**. Only inboxes you own or have **Read and send** access to appear when choosing which inbox to send from — in the email composer, bulk email, sequences, and task email drafts. Sharing access also controls what teammates see in the [team activity feed](/dashboard/team-activity#activity-feed). Email entries only appear for inboxes the viewer owns or has been granted access to here. ## Email signature Your email signature is automatically appended to emails you send from Slant. Each connected account has its own signature. Click the icon on a connected account and select the **Signature** tab to set up your signature. Type or paste your signature into the editor and click **Save signature**. Use the formatting toolbar to style your text with bold, italic, links, and images. You can also import your existing signature by sending an email to `signatures@mail.slant.app` from your connected account. Slant will extract the signature automatically. To remove your signature, click **Clear**. ## Unsubscribed emails If any contacts have unsubscribed from your emails, you'll see a count at the bottom of the **Email and calendar** settings page. Click **view here** to see a list of unsubscribed email addresses and when they unsubscribed. Slant automatically prevents you from sending emails to unsubscribed contacts. ## FAQ Each user can connect up to two email accounts. Both accounts sync emails and calendar events independently, and you choose which one is your primary account for sending. All synced emails and calendar events from that account are removed from Slant. This includes emails on household timelines and calendar events shared with your books. This cannot be undone. A warning icon means Slant has lost its connection to your email provider. This can happen if your password changed, your organization revoked access, or your OAuth token expired. Click **Reauthenticate** from the **⋮** menu to reconnect. Yes. Granting a teammate access lets them view all emails synced from that inbox in Slant, not just emails related to specific households. Only share access with teammates who should see your full email history. You do. The original calendar owner stays the owner of every event, even when a teammate with edit access creates, updates, reschedules, or deletes it. Changes still sync through your connected calendar provider.