The inbox: replies, sentiment, and one-click reply drafts

Every reply lands in one place, tagged by intent. Agreements can generate a paste-ready reply with your link.

Updated July 15, 2026

Every reply in one place

Once your outreach is out in the world, replies start trickling back. Instead of digging through your email account to find them among everything else, the Inbox page in the sidebar collects every reply to your outreach in one place, so working through them takes minutes, not an afternoon.

The intent tags

Each reply is tagged by intent: a quick read of what the person is actually saying, so you can scan the list and jump straight to the ones that need you. These are the tags:

Agreed

They said yes to adding your link. The best tag there is.

Wants more info

They are interested but have a question before deciding.

Negotiating

They are open to it but want to talk terms, often price.

Referred

They pointed you to someone else who handles this.

Declined

A polite no. No further action planned.

Do not contact

They asked not to be emailed. All outreach to this person stops.

The hard stop: do not contact

The do not contact tag is different from a decline. A decline is a no to this particular ask; do not contact is a request to stop emailing altogether, and HeyLinks treats it as exactly that.

Do not contact stops everything

When a reply is tagged do not contact, all outreach to that person hard-stops. No pending follow-ups, no future emails. This protects both their wishes and your sender reputation.

One-click reply drafts for agreements

When someone agrees, the next move matters: you want to make adding your link as effortless for them as possible. For an agreement, you can generate a reply draft with one click. The draft thanks them and includes a paste-ready sentence with your link, so the page owner can drop it straight into their post without composing anything themselves.

Why the paste-ready sentence works

Say a blogger agrees to add retroarcadefinder.com to their arcade guide. If they have to write the sentence themselves, it becomes a chore they might put off for weeks. If your reply hands them one finished sentence to paste, it often happens the same day.

You always review the draft and press send yourself. Nothing goes out automatically, and every word is yours to edit first.

Replies stop follow-ups

Any reply automatically cancels the pending follow-ups to that person, so a real conversation is never interrupted by an automated nudge. You do not have to do anything; it happens on its own shortly after the reply arrives.