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Inboxkitten is a free temporary email service designed to help users avoid spam by using a disposable email address. It's particularly useful when you don't want to reveal your real email address while signing up for services or newsletters. Inboxkitten emails are publicly accessible and auto-delete after several hours, officially within 3 days according to Mailgun.

Key Features

• Generates a random email address upon visiting the site
• Displays emails with proper formatting, including non-English content like Chinese
• Manual refresh capability to check for new emails
• Automatic deletion of emails after a few hours
• Open-source, allowing users to self-host on their own servers

Use Cases

Inboxkitten is ideal for individuals looking for a temporary email solution to avoid spam. It's also suitable for developers or organizations that want to self-host their own temporary email service using the open-source codebase available on GitHub.

Self-Hosting Instructions

To self-host Inboxkitten, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/uilicious/inboxkitten.git
2. Navigate into the directory: cd inboxkitten
3. Run the configuration script: ./config.sh
4. Build the project: ./build.sh
5. Login to Firebase: firebase login
6. Deploy using the Firebase deployment script: ./deploy/firebase/deploy.sh

Benefits

• Protects your real email address from spam
• Open-source and customizable
• Easy to use with a simple interface

Limitations

• Emails are publicly accessible
• Automatic deletion after 3 days