How to gate a document by email
Turn an anonymous URL into an identified, revocable link.
4 min read · Updated 2026-06-22To gate a document by email, paste or upload it to Indy, then add the recipients' email addresses (or allow a whole company domain). Each recipient gets a one-time verify link; once they confirm, their access is tied to their identity for a session length you control. You see exactly who opened it, and you can revoke access anytime. It's free for your first three documents.
What "email-gated" actually means
A normal share link is anonymous: anyone with the URL can open it, and you have no idea who did. An email-gated link is different — before a recipient can view, they confirm a one-time link sent to their email. From that point on, every open is attributed to a real person.
It's the difference between "I sent it" and "the CFO opened it twice, then forwarded it to procurement."
How to do it in Indy
- Paste your HTML, deck, or Claude artifact into Indy — or upload the file. You get a hosted link instantly.
- Add recipients by email, or allow an entire domain (e.g. @acme.com) so anyone there can self-verify.
- Send the link. Recipients verify once and keep access for a session length you set.
- Manage access: set an expiry, turn downloads on or off, and revoke any recipient the moment you need to.
Why gating beats a password
A shared password is a weak gate — it gets forwarded, written down, and reused, and it still doesn't tell you who's behind a view. Email verification ties access to an inbox the recipient controls, so you get identity and an audit trail, not just a lock.
It's also less friction for the recipient: no password to remember, just a one-time verify they already expect.
FAQ
Can I gate access to a whole company instead of named people?
Yes. Allowlist a domain (like @acme.com) and anyone with an email there can self-verify — useful when you don't know every stakeholder who'll need to see it.
What can I gate?
Indy is built for HTML and Claude artifacts — decks, docs, dashboards, interactive demos. Paste the HTML or upload the file and it's hosted and gated instantly.
Can I revoke access after sharing?
Yes — instantly, per recipient or for the whole link. Access also expires automatically based on the session length you set.
Try it on your next artifact
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